The Battle of British Columbia

[Old Sweater]

Jeffrey William "Jeff" Francis (born January 8, 1981 in Vancouver, British Columbia)

Justin Ernest George Morneau (born on May 15, 1981 in New Westminster, British Columbia)

Jeff 1 Justin 0 so far in the game today.

Guess they use to play together and Morneau use to catch Francis in summer league or something like that.

Here it is

DENVER -- Jeff Francis says he will have nothing new up his sleeve for former teammate Justin Morneau, whom he will face for the first time on Sunday.
You see, not only were Francis and Morneau teammates 10 years ago on a summer league squad in British Columbia, but Morneau was Francis' catcher -- the one who saw Francis' stuff better than anybody else.

"He was an outstanding catcher," Francis said. "But that was 10 years ago. Both of us are much different players now."

[Old Sweater]

2-0 Francis with Morneau up for the 3rd time with a runner on 2nd 1 down

battling at 3-2 right now

Ianetta comes out for chat

Morneau jumps ahead big time with a 2rHR


Crap!

[Old Sweater]

Well Francis lost the battle but won the war with a 6-2 victory over the Twins for his first win of the season. Francis has pitched well enough to win in 3 other games with a little more run support though.

[alanl]

Here`s an article about them:

http://www.canada.com/newwestrecord/news/sports/story.html?id=e8af4992-99ef-47d6-9e4b-3414d4ab69e0

[Old Sweater]

^Hey thanks there Northern Nieghbor

Found this when I was looking up Jesse Crain to post his Colorado info. I think yakity George Frazier didn't mention it when they was giving the info about Francis and Morneau.

Jesse Crain (born Jesse Alan Crain July 5, 1981 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada) is a relief pitcher in Major League Baseball. He currently plays for the Minnesota Twins.


He is a graduate of Fairview High School in Boulder, Colorado where he played baseball, basketball and football. He was named 1999 All-State and Colorado High School Player of the Year. He was a 2001 graduate of San Jacinto Junior College in Texas where he was an All-Conference shortstop. In 2002, he was transferred to the University of Houston and was named an all-conference shortstop and relief pitcher. He was named first team All-America by Baseball America and Baseball Weekly and second team All-America by the ABCA. He was also named to Conference USA All-Academic team.