Jeff Francoeur
Jeff Francoeur
Jeffrey Braden Francoeur, nicknamed "Frenchy", is an American professional baseball right fielder for the Atlanta Braves of Major League Baseball. He has also played for the New York Mets, Texas Rangers, Kansas City Royals, San Francisco Giants, San Diego Padres, and the Philadelphia Phillies...
ProfessionBaseball Player
Date of Birth8 January 1984
CityAtlanta, GA
ball felt hardest maybe sure
I felt like that was the hardest ball I've ever hit. Maybe it's because I haven't been hitting, but it sure felt like it.
ball felt opposite took
(I) took one the opposite way, finally, ... It felt good. I felt like I've been able to see the ball better. If you do that, you're going to be able to hit.
ball bringing great happening hit love matter nice people purity seemed time
It seemed like 30 (home runs) didn't even matter for years. So I think what's happening is great for the game. We are bringing the purity back. I know people love to see the ball hit 600 feet, but at the same time it's always nice to see a 2-1 game. That's real baseball.
atlanta ball beach believe coming locked looked pitch
It was like everything in Atlanta was brighter; the ball just looked so big I couldn't believe it. I just got locked in. Every pitch looked like a beach ball coming in there.
ball confidence felt game gives good gotten great hit honest solid
It felt good just to hit a ball solid like that. To feel it go out of the stadium, to be honest with you, kind of gives you the confidence that you can play the game again. It would have been great if we could have gotten the win.
break threw throw tough
I thought he would go to first. It was a break for us that he threw it a little high. It's a tough throw for any pitcher.
enjoy mickey wore
Mickey Mantle wore it, ... I just enjoy it.
blows john starting starts team
That's the thing that blows me away, ... I'm 7 years old when this thing starts happening. John Smoltz is one of their starting pitchers. Now here I am, on the team myself, and John's still here. I told him that's when you start to think about retiring.
situation tough trying worse
I think she's in a tough situation with what she's trying to do. I don't think she was worse than the others, I don't think she was better.
earn knew
We knew we had clinched in the sixth. But we wanted to win. We wanted to earn it.
earn knew
We knew we had clinched in the sixth, ... But we wanted to win. We wanted to earn it.
behind believe dugout nobody
When we got behind 8-0, nobody in the dugout could believe it.
front guys pitcher rather rookie
When you've got guys like Andruw (Jones), Chipper (Jones), Julio (Franco) and Marcus (Giles) in front of you, you have some RBI chances. A pitcher doesn't want to pitch to those guys. He'd rather pitch to a rookie any day.
guys knock people won
We've won 14 in a row, and people always want to knock you off. You use that as motivation. You don't want to be the guys who lose.