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
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Johnson was a bad pitch (that was supposed to be) low and away. The ball came over the inside part of the plate, and he turned on it.
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My observation is that this year there was a lot of work done by local officials by both developing responsible budgets and doing a very good jobs to communicate what's behind the budgets.
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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.
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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.
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.
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What helps us as young guys is we're not intimidated by anybody. We leave it all on the field.
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?
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.
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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.
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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.
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I never missed by so much so often.
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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.
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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.