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
fun guys trying win
It's fun because a lot of young guys have come up in this division. We're all trying to do the same thing, and that's win a title.
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.
guys players rag
I know I'm going to take some jabs from the players for this, ... It's part of the deal. ... Between these guys and my family, they're going to rag me and keep me humble.
guy heck might sure swing thinking
He might think, What the heck did that guy just swing at? But he's not going to say it to you when you come back. I'm sure he's thinking it.
expect guys nervous playing start
I was nervous before, but once you get out there and start playing baseball, it's not that big of a deal. That's the big thing for us young guys is to feel comfortable out there. Now that I do I expect more of myself.
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.
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.
hit none season taking
None of it's hit me, ... After the season I'll look back at it but right now I'm taking it day by day.
across happy love matter selected
No matter what happens, I'm just happy to be selected to this roster. But I'd love to play and have 'USA' across my chest.
great high
It was a great thing in high school, ... That's another part of my life.
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.
earn home knew win
We wanted to be able to win on our home field, ... We knew we had it, but at the same time, we wanted to earn it.
bobby fans fires gets love seemed
Bobby always fires us up. You know how the fans are with Bobby, they love him to death. When he gets going, they get going. It just seemed perfect.