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
five soon three throwing wait
Which I think is great. I want to get out there as soon as possible, especially if I'm only throwing three innings, why wait five days?
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.
fine gets hits score three
If he gets three hits and doesn't score any runs, that's fine with me.
ball clubhouse confidence giving good hanging happened left pitches team walk
It happened very quickly. I didn't make good pitches and I left the ball up. It's very disappointing. The team put a lot of confidence in me, giving the ball in this situation. Everyone in that clubhouse was confident. But we aren't going to walk away hanging out heads.
definitely
I think things went the way I wanted them to. I definitely was able to do what I wanted with my pitches.
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.
awesome experience major
This was an awesome experience, something you don't experience in the major leagues.
guys helps leave
What helps us as young guys is we're not intimidated by anybody. We leave it all on the field.
catcher forget game guy handle knows last late majors mound rang thinking true year
He makes me feel more comfortable on the mound than any other catcher ever has. For a guy who hasn't been in the majors very long, he's very knowledgeable. There was a game late last year when I was struggling. He told me in the dugout, 'Just forget about the mechanics, just go out there and compete.' Now, I'm a guy who's always thinking about mechanics, but that rang true for me that day. He knows how to handle pitchers.
difference hitters minor miss struggled
I have struggled before like this in the minor leagues. The difference is that major-league hitters are better and don't miss mistakes.
expected justify left looking pitching point season six weeks won
I don't know what I expected at this point of the year, but I do know if I'm not pitching well, I'm not going to be satisfied. I have won 11 games, but there were six weeks left in the season and I had 11 wins, so I should have more. I'm not looking for any way to justify what's happened.
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.
adjustment game good
I couldn't make that adjustment (earlier in the season) to get through a game. The good thing (Wednesday) is, I made adjustments. I wasn't perfect, but it was something and I was able to keep the game from getting out of hand.
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).