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
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.
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.
country game global
Every country has something to prove. We want to show this is a global game. It's not just America's game any more.
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).
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.
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.
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.
good guess last
I guess I did have a good first inning, which is something I didn't do a lot last year, so that's a good sign.
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.
four home hurt runs solo
Solo home runs usually don't hurt you. But when there's four they do.
missed outing release
Never have I had an outing where I missed by so much so often. I couldn't find my release point.
learn pitches
When I executed my pitches I had success, ... I can learn a lot from that.
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.