Jeff Francoeur hit .261 with 160 home runs in his 12 years as a big-league outfielder, spending six of those seasons with the Atlanta Braves.
Francoeur retired after last season and now is an analyst for Braves games with Fox Sports South and Fox Sports Southeast. Atlanta’s first-round pick of the 2002 draft was a guest this week on “Press Row” on Chattanooga’s ESPN 105.1 FM.
Q: Do you remember coming to Chattanooga in 2005 and making a throw from right field to gun down Jeff Bannon of the Lookouts at third base?
A: “I do, and I tell people all the time that as time went on, I knew I wasn’t going to be able to hit, but I think even when I’m 70 that I’ll be able to throw somebody out.”
Q: How has it been being an analyst, and has it been challenging when you have to be critical of somebody?