Jeff Francis
Jeff Francis
Jeffrey William Francisis a Canadian former professional baseball pitcher. He played in Major League Baseballfor the Colorado Rockies, Kansas City Royals, Cincinnati Reds, Oakland Athletics, New York Yankees, and Toronto Blue Jays...
ProfessionBaseball Player
Date of Birth8 January 1981
missed outing release
Never have I had an outing where I missed by so much so often. I couldn't find my release point.
four home hurt runs solo
Solo home runs usually don't hurt you. But when there's four they do.
ball definitely needed point quite release trouble
It was the same thing the whole outing. I was having trouble with my release point and getting the ball where I needed to. There is definitely something that is not quite right.
advantage bad came eliminate fourth pitches row runs three took
The three runs in the fourth came when I made bad pitches all in a row and they took advantage of them. I have to be able to eliminate those mistakes.
might road
Right now, we might be inexperienced, ... but down the road we'll be better off.
The way I see it, I was up and down,
telling thinks
telling you what he thinks of his fastball.
Fastball, it went right down the middle, and he was all over it.
advantage bad hit pitches took
They took advantage of some bad pitches and hit them hard.
ball came figure happened pitches second throwing
A lot of pitches I think weren't the way I wanted them to be. The first inning I came out throwing the ball really well. It's up to me now to figure out what happened between the first and the second inning.
forward happy kindness next season wrote year
Once the season is over. I just kind of go back through it, look at the things I wrote down over the year -- what I did, what I need to do, what I'm happy with, what I'm not happy with -- and look forward to next year.
behind capable either fell games goal lead per pitcher team third tight time type
That's just a little more than a third of an inning more per start. My goal is to be more consistent, and I know I'm capable of that. There were a lot of games when I either had a lead or I fell behind early. I want to be the type of pitcher that can pitch for a long time and keep his team in a tight game.
learn pitches
When I executed my pitches I had success, ... I can learn a lot from that.
figure obsess until
I'm probably going to obsess about it until I figure it out. Until I get it right, it won't be right in my head.