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For a Braves fan, this is simply adding insult to the grievous injury that is having to watch Jeff Francoeur try to play every day:
Desperate times call for desperate measures, so Braves right fielder Jeff Francoeur said he'll wear the same underwear to Turner Field Tuesday that he wore on Sunday. He claimed the Braves are 7-0 when he wears his Thanksgiving-themed "turkey underwear" to the ballpark.
For a team that has a disappointing 35-40 overall record, that 7-0 mark is no small feat. The Braves open a three-game series against NL East leader Philadelphia on Tuesday.
Francoeur said he had not worn the turkey briefs for back-to-back games all season, but will Tuesday (the Braves were off Monday, and he planned to ask his wife, Catie, to wash the underwear).
Note that the article doesn't say that Francoeur plays better in the gobbler skivvies, only that the team does. Given his performance (.248/.283/.347), maybe the Braves would be better off by simply keeping the underwear around and ditching Francoeur. At least the underwear seems to ad some sort of value.
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I bet his underwear would be an on base machine! Just imagine how small its stike zone is!
Jason Giambi approves this message (and extreme measures), but mocks the turkey. Real men do gold lamé thongs and mustaches.
Um, nevermind.
He's always been a ffavorite of mine. But SUnday, he made a bone head Little League play running to third, then didn't hustle on a hit to RF, and a slow runner moved up.
He and Escobar need a boot in the rear both for non hustle plays lately. That's part of the team's problem.
Francoeur needs a boot in the rear for being bad at baseball.
Craig, thanks to you and Jason there's some, er, interesting contextual advertising going on on this page. (I'd link to a screen grab but Newsvine doesn't like that.)
All I can say is, thank God International Male doesn't advertise here...