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
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.
missed
I never missed by so much so often.
care early games intense march playing prepared
In early March it's not too often you're playing intense games like that. I think I've prepared myself well for it (so) that those things will take care of themselves.
against execute few might success time
I haven't executed against them. The first time around, you might get away with a few things, but to have success over time, you have to execute your pitches.
job won worried
I really didn't think he was going to take me out. I was surprised. But it's not really my job to second-guess those things. We won the game, that's the most important thing, so I'm not too worried about it.
I don't want to do it when I'm angry.
fine gets hits score three
If he gets three hits and doesn't score any runs, that's fine with me.
against came deep good happen hitters left pitcher pitches swinging
It really did happen very quick. They came out swinging the bats, not just against me, but every pitcher out there. They didn't get deep into a lot of counts. I left pitches up, and good hitters are going to hit pitches like that.
coming game heads walk
It's very disappointing. Coming into this game we were confident. I don't think we'll walk away from this with our heads down.
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.
baseball given gotten lower needed pitches runs share success
I've gotten myself into a lot of trouble, more so than when I had success at lower levels. But I've made some pitches when I've needed to, to get out of it. I mean, not always. I've given up my share of runs and hits.
ball confident drop pitch talking throw
I was confident I could throw that pitch for a strike. He froze on it. If I could drop that ball in there, we're not even talking about that pitch.
ball confident drop pitch talking throw
I was confident I could throw that pitch for a strike. He froze on it. If I can drop that ball in there, we're not even talking about that pitch right there.