Comments on: Ben Francisco signs with Yankees after being released by Indians http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2013/03/11/indians-release-ben-francisco/ Baseball. Baseball. And then a bit more baseball. Wed, 19 Jun 2013 21:13:37 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: xmatt0926x http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2013/03/11/indians-release-ben-francisco/comment-page-1/#comment-454674 Mon, 11 Mar 2013 23:49:05 +0000 http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=302643#comment-454674 Ben’s a really nice guy. He has a sweet uppercut swing from the right side and every great once in a while the bat actually connects with the ball and it’s a thing of beauty and you think of how great it would be if that could just happen on a more consistent basis. It never does. He’s fools gold.

]]> By: deep64blue http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2013/03/11/indians-release-ben-francisco/comment-page-1/#comment-454668 Mon, 11 Mar 2013 23:16:59 +0000 http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=302643#comment-454668 Crazy thing about that Phillies / Indians trade was that the Phils win it even if Lee hadn’t been included!!

]]> By: cackalackyank http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2013/03/11/indians-release-ben-francisco/comment-page-1/#comment-454651 Mon, 11 Mar 2013 22:14:26 +0000 http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=302643#comment-454651 Yeah, Nick Swisher must be lovin it. Turns out that Nicky was exactly the player the Yankees needed. (As of right now anyway)

]]> By: chill1184 http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2013/03/11/indians-release-ben-francisco/comment-page-1/#comment-454539 Mon, 11 Mar 2013 19:48:22 +0000 http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=302643#comment-454539 Francisco was never on the Mets. Try looking up facts before trolling

http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/f/francbe01.shtml

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ben_Francisco

]]> By: ytownjoe http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2013/03/11/indians-release-ben-francisco/comment-page-1/#comment-454533 Mon, 11 Mar 2013 19:39:30 +0000 http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=302643#comment-454533 The Indians cut him and the Yankees signed him? Seems bass ackwards.

]]> By: proudlycanadian http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2013/03/11/indians-release-ben-francisco/comment-page-1/#comment-454531 Mon, 11 Mar 2013 19:34:58 +0000 http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=302643#comment-454531 Good call on your part! I guess that Rivera will see time a first base after all.

]]> By: proudlycanadian http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2013/03/11/indians-release-ben-francisco/comment-page-1/#comment-454527 Mon, 11 Mar 2013 19:29:19 +0000 http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=302643#comment-454527 No surprise that the Yankees actually signed him. They had a need for a player like Francisco.

]]> By: coryfor3 http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2013/03/11/indians-release-ben-francisco/comment-page-1/#comment-454504 Mon, 11 Mar 2013 19:00:33 +0000 http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=302643#comment-454504 Given health and regular playing time, he would be good and has been. He should have been handed an everyday job years ago and has pretty much missed his window of opportunity to be an everyday guy unless fortune smiles upon him. Plenty of ability there.

]]> By: proudlycanadian http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2013/03/11/indians-release-ben-francisco/comment-page-1/#comment-454469 Mon, 11 Mar 2013 18:26:45 +0000 http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=302643#comment-454469 It looks as if the Yankees may have called him.

]]> By: arrooo http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2013/03/11/indians-release-ben-francisco/comment-page-1/#comment-454453 Mon, 11 Mar 2013 18:15:11 +0000 http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=302643#comment-454453 I was thinking Ben Johnson, but they equally suck

]]> By: cackalackyank http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2013/03/11/indians-release-ben-francisco/comment-page-1/#comment-454448 Mon, 11 Mar 2013 18:12:47 +0000 http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=302643#comment-454448 “Mr.Cashman, please pick up line one, for Mr. Francisco’s agent”…oh wait its the digital age…

]]> By: thesmedman http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2013/03/11/indians-release-ben-francisco/comment-page-1/#comment-454442 Mon, 11 Mar 2013 18:09:19 +0000 http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=302643#comment-454442 Back to the Phillies we go…

]]> By: arrooo http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2013/03/11/indians-release-ben-francisco/comment-page-1/#comment-454440 Mon, 11 Mar 2013 18:08:21 +0000 http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=302643#comment-454440 Mets were dumb enough to trade for him before, history tends to repeat itself

]]> By: plmathfoto http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2013/03/11/indians-release-ben-francisco/comment-page-1/#comment-454433 Mon, 11 Mar 2013 18:00:33 +0000 http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=302643#comment-454433 He should call the Mets

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