The Book Blog on ALCS Managerial Decisions

Written by Greg Fertel | 25 October 2009

Over the past few days, MGL has been writing great and informative pieces about Girardi's managerial decisions, and a few other things. Check them out for yourself. In one piece, MGLdeconstructs Joe Sheehan's Game 5 analysis.

In today's post, he discusses the implications of benching Nick Swisher. In short, the Yankees definitely should not bench Swisher. His 39 plate appearance slump just doesn't mean much, and he is still a better hitter than Gardner and Hairston.