Honoring Frenchy’s 1000th Hit and His Crazy Eyes

Jeff Francoeur’s crazy eyes have charmed, mesmerized, and terrified the masses for years. In (belated) recognition of Jeff Francoeur’s memorable 1000th hit, here is their NotGraphs debut:

This picture, courtesy of Minda Haas, was taken at the Royals’ off-season Fan Fest. It is perhaps the most chilling photo of Frenchy’s soul-windows yet. What could possibly be going through his mind?

“All take and no swing makes Jeff a dull boy.”

“Some people say I’m streaky, and that I always tail off after a slow start. But I’ll show them, I’ll get to two WAR in the middle of May, and by the beginning of September, I’ll still be around two WAR. Consistency!”

“Flannel shirt under a Royals jersey? What was I thinking?”

“Everyone thinks I’m here for the chance to play every day… hahaha… fools… Revenge will finally be mine, Posnanski!”

“I hope the Royals are a Delta team.”

“Sure, Alex Gordon, go ahead, have a monster season. The Royals’ official press will pay more attention to every super-meaningful benchmark I reach, anyway.”

“I hope right field was the smartest place to bury that Mets clubbie.”