The sheer badness of Jeff Francoeur 2008 cannot be shown in the statistics. Oh, the statistics are bad, very bad. He hit .239, 25 points below the league; got on base at a .294 clip, 41 points below the league; and slugged a big fat .359, 62 points below the league. Remember, this includes not only middle infielders, catchers, and Hamsters, but also pitchers. Only five players in the entire National League made more outs than Francoeur, and most of them were top of the order hitters, and centerfielders or middle infielders.

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C/O Kevin @ Ramblings 1.5 Hello readers of The Launching Pad. Allow me to briefly introduce myself. My name is Kevin and I write my own little blog in which I have been feverishly covering the Phillies during the postseason stretch. Admittingly I love the fact that I am getting this opportunity to comment on the [...] Read the rest of this entry »

C/O Joe @ Baseballisms Boston Red Sox vs. Los Angeles Angels Game 1 American League Division Series 10 Post Season Wins in a Row! The Red Sox continue to have the Halos number in the post season as the Sox win Game One 4 -1, behind a masterful performance by John Lester.  Angels fans came into this series [...] Read the rest of this entry »

Jared joins us from his Brew-Crew blog “Right Field Bleachers” Down one, with CC on the hill, tomorrow is a must win OK, so that’s playoff baseball… It’s hard to feel too bad about the loss today, but it does make tomorrow’s game an absolute must win.I actually took a lot of positives from the game. First of [...] Read the rest of this entry »