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
bobby fans fires gets hope keeps
I hope he keeps doing it. Bobby always fires 'em up. When he gets going, the fans get going.
accomplish chance hometown
It was just a lot of fun. The chance to be able to play in your hometown and to be able to accomplish some of the things I did was awesome.
far last sophomore stronger stuff
If you let that stuff get in your head, yeah, you'll have a sophomore slump. As far as I'm concerned, there's no such thing. I'm stronger and more experienced than I was last year.
realize ride sit until
I don't think I'll realize what's going on until after the season, ... Then I can sit back and look at it and say, 'Wow, what a ride it's been.'
until
I didn't know until today, ... I thought it was going to be an article. I didn't know it was going to be that big of a deal.
next-day games one-day
One day, you're 11 games, 12 games out, and the next day you're in first!
thinking care clean
I think if everyone is clean, then who cares about how you're tested?
thinking able facts
I think the thing I'm most excited about is the fact that I was able to, for the most part, change pitchers' mindsets about what kind of hitter I am.
games people littles
A lot of people just thought I'd be a .260 hitter all my life. I was kind of like, 'Let me make some adjustments and let me learn the game a little bit.'
team mean nuts
When we [the Braves] won the World Series in '95, I went nuts. I mean, that was my team.
trying different certain
I'm a different hitter than Chipper Jones. He goes up looking for certain pitches to hit. I go up there looking for something over the plate and try to hit it hard.
honor
It's an honor playing for Bobby Cox.
important percentages scoreboard
If on-base percentage is so important, then why don't they put it up on the scoreboard?
lately pitches time waiting
I feel like lately I've been able to see it better. I'm waiting for my pitches again. When you do that, most of the time you'll hit.