This is a bit of old conventional baseball “wisdom” that goes back for decades. The feeling being that if you hit a home run, the pitcher thinks, “Well, at least there’s no on base now. I can relax and pitch the way I want.” As opposed to, “They’re hitting everything I throw up there and I’m not sure I can keep anything in the park. I’m in a world of trouble.” You decide which is more likely.

Yes, home runs do kill rallies—which means that sometimes killing rallies is a *good thing*.

That’s so bad, it’s good.  No, it’s better than good.  And in Frenchy’s world, good is bad.  So which is it?  Crap.  My head hurts.

I think we just found a replacement for Steve Phillips or Rick Sutcliffe.

Clearly, Craig missed Frenchy’s Q&A with the Atlanta Journal-Constitution on Monday.

Just skip ahead to his comments about his coachability and if the Mets wanted him to change. Comedy gold.

No, he saw it. I think the drubbing occured over at NBC.

Boy, a lot of people just can’t stand the fact that he’s actually playing well in NY, can they? So when are all the dire predictions going to start coming true? I want to mark it on my calendar.

Okay, I haven’t obsessed over the awfulness that is Jeff Francoeur the way some of you have. Am I wrong in getting the impression that he has good talent and good basic instincts, just not much upstairs? As the old saying has it, he’s a fine ball player from the neck down. I do remember when he first came up. Part of the adverse reaction to him now has to be due to the fawning adulation he got from tv and press commentators in the beginning. I say cut him some slack. Of course, he hasn’t played for any team that I care about.

I think we’re all missing what’s most obviously the case: Jeff Francouer is the Patton Oswald of baseball. Saying that, with that kind of deadpan delivery? Dane Cook can’t carry this guy’s jockstrap.

Nice of you to show up, Frenchy! But why do you call yourself “Jake”?