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Jeff Francoeur: What?
DW: It's a new batting helmet ... it's supposed to protect you from 110 mile per hour fastballs. Not even Tim Lincecum can kill you.
JF: No way. I'm not wearing that.
DW: Why not?
JF: I'm just not wearing it. Absolutely not.
DW: But it's safer!
JF: I could care less what they say, I’m not wearing it. There’s got to be a way to have a more protective helmet without all that padding.
DW: But how can you have a helmet that protects you without padding?
JF: They could have satellites in space so that when a fastball comes near your head, it shoots lasers at it and obliterates it.
DW: Dude, the Wilpons aren't paying for a satellite to protect your head so don't even think about it.
JF: Well I don't care, I'm not wearing it.
DW: But what if a fastball comes at your head?
JF: What does it matter? I'm going to swing at it anyway.
DW: That's insane.
JF: You only get hits when you swing, dude.
DW: You should really think about wearing this helmet.
JF: We'll look like clowns out there.
DW: As opposed to how we look now at 52-61?
JF: I'm not going out there looking like Stan, Kyle, and Cartman from the Child Abduction episode.
DW: Do you realize that we play for a franchise that once took the field looking like this:
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DW: Frenchy, wear the helmet.
JF: No way dude. I'm not going out there looking like that.
DW: Dude,
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JF: Oh that was like forever ago.
DW: All right suit yourself. Hey inning's over, let's get out there.
...
Cory Sullivan: Frenchy, look out!
JF: AAAAAAAAAAAAAAH!!!!!!
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DW: See, told you.
JF: Where am I?
DW: You're in Washington, you were just hit in the head by a fly ball.
CS: Do you know who you are?
JF: No, what's my name?
CS: You're Je ...
DW: VLADIMIR GUERRERO!
CS: Dude, really?
DW: Shut up Cory.
JF: You know, they should really let us wear helmets in the field.
1 comment:
God, I forgot about the time every team dressed like they were from outerspace. I remember how pissed Rickey Henderson was when his face showed up on Diamondvision making him look like a martian or something. Stupidest thing ever.
The helmet looks okay to me. I am not really sure what the beef is except that ballplayers hate change. There isn't a player or an owner who couldn't afford to buy them.
Think of how many concussions and worse may have been avoided in the past had they had this helmet.
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