48 Quotes by Jeff Francis

Right now, we might be inexperienced, ... but down the road we'll be better off.

Once the season is over. I just kind of go back through it, look at the things I wrote down over the year -- what I did, what I need to do, what I'm happy with, what I'm not happy with -- and look forward to next year.

That's just a little more than a third of an inning more per start. My goal is to be more consistent, and I know I'm capable of that. There were a lot of games when I either had a lead or I fell behind early. I want to be the type of pitcher that can pitch for a long time and keep his team in a tight game.

They took advantage of some bad pitches and hit them hard.

A lot of pitches I think weren't the way I wanted them to be. The first inning I came out throwing the ball really well. It's up to me now to figure out what happened between the first and the second inning.

It was awesome, especially that atmosphere out there (Thursday). It was something you don't experience playing in the major leagues. It was something special.

It really did happen very quick. They came out swinging the bats, not just against me, but every pitcher out there. They didn't get deep into a lot of counts. I left pitches up, and good hitters are going to hit pitches like that.

It's very disappointing. Coming into this game we were confident. I don't think we'll walk away from this with our heads down.

It's forgotten. It was a bad outing and it was unfortunate I did it in a big game, but you know, I'm back to preparing for April.