Comments on: Everybody loves Frenchy http://umpbump.com/press/2007/04/09/everybody-loves-frenchy/ In-your-face baseball commentary Wed, 17 Mar 2010 17:44:22 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Danny O http://umpbump.com/press/2007/04/09/everybody-loves-frenchy/comment-page-1/#comment-52373 Danny O Tue, 08 May 2007 15:42:13 +0000 http://umpbump.com/press/everybody-loves-frenchy/#comment-52373 The thing to remember about Francouer is that he is a local boy who was a number one draft pick and hit a homer in his ML debut. In fact, I think it was a go-ahead homer. Local connections + goodlooks + much hype + great debut = hope for dad and moist panties for mom. BTW, he did catch a few boos April of 2006 when he couldn't hit a watermelon with a yardsign. But he turned it around and had a decent year for a free-swinger. The thing to remember about Francouer is that he is a local boy who was a number one draft pick and hit a homer in his ML debut. In fact, I think it was a go-ahead homer. Local connections + goodlooks + much hype + great debut = hope for dad and moist panties for mom.

BTW, he did catch a few boos April of 2006 when he couldn’t hit a watermelon with a yardsign. But he turned it around and had a decent year for a free-swinger.

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]]> By: Zvee http://umpbump.com/press/2007/04/09/everybody-loves-frenchy/comment-page-1/#comment-52374 Zvee Mon, 09 Apr 2007 22:01:07 +0000 http://umpbump.com/press/everybody-loves-frenchy/#comment-52374 Coley, Let up on Francouer man. What you didn't notice when referencing your boys Morneau and Howard is that they are 25 and 27? respectively. Morneau, in his first two seasons, hit .271 and .239. Howard spent seasons shoring up his skills in the minors while fellow Phil Jim Thome blocked his ride to the majors. The Braves were in a position to bring Francoeur to the majors when he was 21, and he's developing as a hitter in the league. To me, it's impressive that, even after pitchers adjusted to his approach last season, Frenchy was still able to hit 29 homers and surpass the 100 rbi mark. The reasons why Braves fans love Francoeur are quite evident: he's an elite athlete that has excelled at every level. He has a badass arm and hoses people all over the place. He hits homers and chicks dig the long ball...and dudes like his cute fiance. Don't even get me started on Pat the Bat. He's the least clutch baseball player I've EVER seen and he acts like a tremendous jackass. Coley,

Let up on Francouer man. What you didn’t notice when referencing your boys Morneau and Howard is that they are 25 and 27? respectively. Morneau, in his first two seasons, hit .271 and .239.

Howard spent seasons shoring up his skills in the minors while fellow Phil Jim Thome blocked his ride to the majors.

The Braves were in a position to bring Francoeur to the majors when he was 21, and he’s developing as a hitter in the league. To me, it’s impressive that, even after pitchers adjusted to his approach last season, Frenchy was still able to hit 29 homers and surpass the 100 rbi mark.

The reasons why Braves fans love Francoeur are quite evident: he’s an elite athlete that has excelled at every level. He has a badass arm and hoses people all over the place. He hits homers and chicks dig the long ball…and dudes like his cute fiance.

Don’t even get me started on Pat the Bat. He’s the least clutch baseball player I’ve EVER seen and he acts like a tremendous jackass.

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]]> By: forager http://umpbump.com/press/2007/04/09/everybody-loves-frenchy/comment-page-1/#comment-12707 forager Fri, 06 Apr 2007 12:25:53 +0000 http://umpbump.com/press/everybody-loves-frenchy/#comment-12707 Agreed... baseball execs are sleazy basards. Hey at least I get to watch out of market games on cable (thanks to the baseball gods, I was not going to listen to a season of Orsillo and Remy talk about how hairy the guy's chest in the 3rd row was). As for Bob DuPuy - slimeball. You see, cable users were a minority of fans when they were getting 700mil from Dish but NOW that they are getting money from everyone, all fans are created equal. It reminds me of The Simpons episode where Homer gets arrested and tells the judge there was a misunderstanding, "I thought the cop was a prostitute!" Agreed… baseball execs are sleazy basards.

Hey at least I get to watch out of market games on cable (thanks to the baseball gods, I was not going to listen to a season of Orsillo and Remy talk about how hairy the guy’s chest in the 3rd row was).

As for Bob DuPuy – slimeball. You see, cable users were a minority of fans when they were getting 700mil from Dish but NOW that they are getting money from everyone, all fans are created equal.

It reminds me of The Simpons episode where Homer gets arrested and tells the judge there was a misunderstanding, “I thought the cop was a prostitute!”

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