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JEFF FRANCIS WATCH 2012

Found December 28, 2011 on USS Mariner:
PLAYERS: Jeff Francis,  Prince Fielder,  Charlie Furbush
TEAMS: Kansas City Royals,  Milwaukee Brewers,  Seattle Mariners

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(Click this link, then come back). Hello and welcome to the first in what I guess now qualifies as a series of JEFF FRANCIS WATCHes. Our first JEFF FRANCIS WATCH is today, because PRINCE FIELDER isn’t the only free agent alive. We are writing this because Sullivan is keeping everyone abreast of the PRINCE FIELDER landscape, but no one is keeping an eye on JEFF FRANCIS’ backyard. Has JEFF FRANCIS signed a contract? No. Has JEFF FRANCIS signed a contract with the Seattle Mariners? No. Is JEFF FRANCIS close to signing a contract? I completely and honestly have no idea. What does your gut tell you? I think the Mariners are going to sign JEFF FRANCIS, because he’s left-handed, from British Columbia, and they watched CHARLIE FURBUSH try to get right-handers out last year. What is the latest? There is no latest. JEFF FRANCIS doesn’t have a windbag for an agent, so he’s not really in the news much. Are the Mariners still in the thick of things? It’...
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