Comments on: Jeff Francoeur explains why he gave Charlie Samuels $50,000

By: jwbiii

jwbiii — Thu, 12 May 2011 02:29:21 +0000

Why even answer the question at all? Or why not say something meaningless, like, “Hey! I’m a nice guy and a great tipper! Just ask any of the service people at your nearest Delta Sky Club®!”

By: xmatt0926x

xmatt0926x — Wed, 11 May 2011 20:38:37 +0000

Milton Bradley would be trashed relentlessly. Why? Because of race? Maybe soem of it, but mostly because he’s been a miserable creep for years everywhere he has been and has a long history of bad behavior. But forget the facts…..It’s all race. Happy now? Guess I’m just another person who has it out for poor ol’ Milton. Man, if people just understood him better………and didn’t gang up on the poor fella…….

By: atlsp

atlsp — Wed, 11 May 2011 20:26:01 +0000

Furthermore, is it insulting to his wife that his parents still pay his bills?

By: ezwriter69

ezwriter69 — Wed, 11 May 2011 20:18:34 +0000

Imagine the reaction if, say, Milton Bradley had done the exact same thing… In the court of public opinion or the real one, justice is a lot of things, but blind ain’t one of them.

By: Utley's Hair

Utley's Hair — Wed, 11 May 2011 20:14:28 +0000

Definitely…definitely…I’m an excellent driver…10 minutes to Wapner….

By: Utley's Hair

Utley's Hair — Wed, 11 May 2011 20:13:15 +0000

So…a pro baseball player—who has made quite a bit more than a large number of regular joes like some of us here—needs his parents to help with his bills? Hey, Frenchie, ever here of an accountant? Or there’s this new fangled thing around here called the interwebs—you might be able to pay your bills all electronic-like and all, and it might even get there quicker than an actual check!!!!!!! And what are the odds that this $35,000 car is a Yugo?

(Awaiting frankvzappa’s comment on Big Brother and the internets….)

By: sdelmonte

sdelmonte — Wed, 11 May 2011 20:12:53 +0000

No, there’s only that one bank.

It sometimes feels like it, anyway.

By: Utley's Hair

Utley's Hair — Wed, 11 May 2011 20:07:03 +0000

It’s not like New York’s anything like the financial capital of the world or anything.

By: Jonny 5

Jonny 5 — Wed, 11 May 2011 20:06:56 +0000

Oh man, Frenchie may not even be able to get away with this one. What are the chances that he actually received more than what the check was written for? good? slightly less than good? I mean that’s usually how one rids of dirty money, sell it for less than it’s worth. And that’s what happened here more than likely. Yikes!

By: normswifevera

normswifevera — Wed, 11 May 2011 20:05:01 +0000

“That explains it all. Maybe someday they’ll get banks in New York City. But until that day, clubhouse managers who make $80K a year and who happen to have $35K in cash laying around are really the only option available for guys who want to by their parents a car.”

I’m going to go way out on a limb here and suggest that maybe he had the clubhouse gopher cash a check for him because he didn’t have time to go to the bank. An absurd theory, I know.

By: sabathiawouldbegoodattheeighthtoo

sabathiawouldbegoodattheeighthtoo — Wed, 11 May 2011 19:55:51 +0000

Where is the car? This should be able to be verified (or not) pretty quickly…wish someone would buy me a $35,000 car.

By: atlsp

atlsp — Wed, 11 May 2011 19:49:46 +0000

Did Jeffy say the same thing twice just for emphasis?

By: Brian Murphy

Brian Murphy — Wed, 11 May 2011 19:47:35 +0000

Did he really say the same thing twice?

Oh, who cares? That smile washes away all faults.

By: paperlions

paperlions — Wed, 11 May 2011 19:47:22 +0000

I might have believed Frenchie if he only said it once…..but the fact that he repeated the exact same story twice, word for word, gives it a rehearsed feel…and you don’t need to rehearse when you are telling the truth.

By: Joe

Joe — Wed, 11 May 2011 19:45:56 +0000

Why do I have a sneaky suspicion that I’ll be reading about that $35K again in the future?

By: Joe

Joe — Wed, 11 May 2011 19:44:44 +0000

Maybe he could have found another bank in New York?

By: b7p19

b7p19 — Wed, 11 May 2011 19:40:04 +0000

Wow, that is a little fishy. But look at that face!!

By: sdelmonte

sdelmonte — Wed, 11 May 2011 19:36:00 +0000

Would you trust a bank that pays $200 million to buy naming rights to a ballpark in Flushing with your money?