Braves' Jeff Francoeur: 'I just flat out stink'

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THT Daily:THT Daily: homer streak
Published 8/15/2008 by THT Staff at The Hardball Times
... the injury after fielding a bunt and trying to tag out Mark Ellis . He was replaced by Grant Balfour , who allowed a game-tying single. Percival is currently day-to-day, and Balfour and Dan Wheeler should both be in the mix for save opportunities if he goes on the DL again. Yesterday’s Results Game recaps provided by Craig Calcaterra of Shysterball . Cubs 11, Braves 7 : Mark Kotsay hit for the cycle and Jeff Francoeur -- who now admits what everyone has long known -- went 3-5 with 3 RBI. Nevertheless, the Braves still ...

And That Happened
Published 8/15/2008 by noreply@blogger.com (Craig Calcaterra) at ShysterBall
... : Mark Kotsay hit for the cycle and Jeff Francoeur -- who now admits what everyone has long known -- went 3-5 with 3 RBI. Nevertheless, the Braves still lost because Tom Glavine got his future Hall of Fame ass handed to him (4 IP, 7 H, 7 ER, 4 BB) in his first start in over two months. Personally, I am disappointed to see the Kotsay cycle, because he now supplants Albert Hall as the answer to the trivia question about which Brave did it last. For the past twenty years, you could bet your children that if someone on the Braves got a triple, SkipCaray would mention Albert ...