Pretty poor job by the New York papers last night. Jeff Francoeur not only had a hit, but his trademark cannon-arm fired a costly error in the Yanks’ second-inning rally.
And yet we’re only treated to one Frenchy sider, courtesy of the Daily News. That puts the tally at eight, and it’s starting to look good for anyone who had the under on 20.
Shocked to read not a single recap of Francoeur’s stay in New York, with his old apartment and favorite restaurants and everything. Maybe those are forthcoming, or maybe — heaven forbid — the papers are actually going to focus on all the exciting real baseball stuff.
And if you’re the type of person who cares about these things — and I bet you are — Francoeur now has a grand total of 10 ALCS at-bats and two hits to only eight articles. This man needs a bigger stage.
Tedquarters 
Like we discussed early on Ted, it all hinges on production. Considering hes done nothing at all, I think 8 is about what I expected. But if he does anything at all that contributes to a Texas win the next 2 games, even just moving a runner over, we could see a big jump. And if he does something truly remarkable like drives in a run or lucks into a meaningful HR, I still think we cruise past 20.
I’m worried – I think someone caught a whiff of Ted’s tracking and has notified other beat guys to not write about Franceouer until he signs his Jayson Werth-esque 5yrs/75mm after the 2011 season.
Ha, I’d say theres only about a 50/50 chance he even gets a major league contract next season.