My very first post on this site was about Francoeur and my hope that he could change his approach at the plate and become the hitter he has the talent to be.  We’re four games in, which is in no way a big enough sample to make any claims about how good a hitter Francoeur [...]

A few days ago I was reading a couple of posts over at Metsblog about Johan Santana.  One post focused on Santana’s injury and how it affected his pitching in 2009.  Johan said that he wasn’t able to fully extend his arm and so was unable to properly throw all of his pitches.  Metsblog hypothesized [...]

The mood is electric at Shea Stadium.  The winner of this game earns the right to go to the World Series to face the Detroit Tigers.  The Mets have to win, right?  The Cardinals were a thoroughly mediocre team all season – going 83-79 and only outscoring their opponents by 19 runs.  The Mets on [...]

Jeff Francoeur has almost every tool that scouts look for.  The ball flies off his bat, he can run and he has a cannon arm.  In 2005, his rookie year, he hit .300 with 14 Home Runs, 45 RBI and scored 41 runs, at 21 years of age, while playing 70 games for his hometown [...]