Youtube Video and Comment

smapdi · Jul 23, 2018

Was browsing Youtube and came across this video, talking about Jeff 'Frenchy' Francoeur and his meteoric fall (meteors fall, not rise, so 'meteoric rise' is dumb) after a historic start to his career.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1VtKxqbwpm0

The video is informative if not exactly entertaining. And if you were in the prospecting game back in 2002 you know all about the estimable Mr. Francoeur, or at least how he started.

Anyway, I noticed this comment down there. "Poignancy" is not a word I've often applied to Internet comments, but I think it fits.

My brother is much older than me, he graduated high school when I was 3 years old. He then moved away, and never talked to me. I saw him about once every 4-5 years after that, usually for an hour or less. One day, we sat down with my dad to watch a baseball game. We watched the Mets play the Phillies. At the end, the Mets were making this great comeback, and I was really excited. Then Jeff Francoeur hit into an unassisted triple play. My brother sat back and said "well, that's the mets for you." And got up and left. My dad died shortly after. I've seen my brother once since my dad's funeral.

When Frenchy was standing there looking at the ground after that triple play, I was doing the same exact thing.

Here's the play.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DviV7CYrc-E

cgilmo · Jul 23, 2018

This video is entertaining as hell. Baseball is the oddest sport ever.

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AnthonyCorona · Jul 23, 2018

That comment....damn

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mrmopar · Jul 23, 2018

That is some serious research and an entertaining video! Amazingly, I watched the whole thing and don't even give 2 rips about Francoeur, except that he was a Topps All Rookie Team player and I needed a signed trophy card from him way back when.

death2redemptions · Jul 23, 2018

Five tool player

Probably even better than Billy Beane

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