hmmm . . . blockquotes didn’t seem to work within a Fan Post description . . .

...the production speaks and this is the right moment.

ouch. sounds like something someone says about you. not something you say about yourself.

Christ, I thought you were talking about Jesus Jones for a sec.

He’ll be back in a month.

A sad day for baseball fans of every stripe. Now get the guy a job as strength and conditioning coach.

And now he gets the ESPN Page 2 treatment. Gems include:

• Jim Kaat pitched to Franco in ‘82, and also to Ted Williams at the beginning of Kaat’s career. So Franco faced a pitcher who faced Ted Williams.

and:

• Franco broke into the majors as a shortstop. The last time he played that position, Tony Bernazard was his second baseman and Doc Edwards was his manager.

and:

• In 1982, Franco was traded by the Phillies with Jay Baller, Manny Trillo, George Vukovich and Jerry Willard to the Indians for Von Hayes. The last player in that deal to retire (other than Franco) was Jerry Willard … 14 years ago.

and, one more:

• Franco played six years in Cleveland, left for seven years, stayed for a year and a half … and it has been 11 years since he left for the second time.