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
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.
bad outing preparing
It's forgotten. It was a bad outing and it was unfortunate I did it in a big game, but you know, I'm back to preparing for April.
definitely
I think things went the way I wanted them to. I definitely was able to do what I wanted with my pitches.
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.
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.
bad eliminate pitches
I just made some bad pitches all in a row. I have to be able to eliminate those mistakes.
bad days type
I just didn't have anything. It's too bad you have one of those days on that type of day where there's a lot on the line. It's disappointing.
avoided ball damage definitely good point putting quite release start
There definitely is something not quite right. The good thing is I feel like if I can find that release point and start putting the ball where I need to when I need to, good things are going to happen. I think I avoided a lot of damage that could have been done.
awesome experience major
This was an awesome experience, something you don't experience in the major leagues.
budgets defeats
To see between 10 and 20 defeats is not unusual. In 2003 there were 42 budgets defeated. In 2004 there were only six. Between 10 and 20 defeats is not uncommon.
builds confidence full game good ready start
To put that confidence in me to start a game like that I think builds my confidence and makes me feel good going out. I'm ready to go the full 65 (pitches).
learn pitches
When I executed my pitches I had success, ... I can learn a lot from that.
competition country finally
To finally play in international competition, especially in a place like that where every country had their best, it was pretty special.
guys helps leave
What helps us as young guys is we're not intimidated by anybody. We leave it all on the field.