All posts by Jeff Francis

What a Display of Power

What a Display of Power at the 2021 Don’t Blink Home Run Derby in Paradise. For the...
Don’t Blink 2021

Don’t Blink 2021 is here; you can feel it. This week is the last working week before...
Next Up Don’t Blink 2021

I have worked near that beach for over 25yrs, where my desk had a window few of...
Baseball life Indy Style

Baseball life Indy Style. Above all, drafted in the 2014 MLB draft, Anfernee Seymour & Todd Isaacs...
Young players First Season 2

Minor League Season 1: Young players First Season, part 2. Ian Lewis, FCL Marlins: In addition to...
Young players First Season

Young players First Season, the 2021 baseball season saw Nine of them playing in their first season...
Jazz Jr. 20/20 so close

Jazz Jr. 20/20 so close; ask any Bahamian if they thought he would have gotten 20 home...
Chavez Fernander AFL 2021

Chavez Fernander AFL 2021, this is good news and a good accomplishment for him. With the absence...
Lucius Fox Jr

Lucius Fox Jr finished the 2021 season very strong, and he was very impressive. However, adding an...
Marlins #28 Prospect

From the Farm to the Marlins Farm System

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Jeffrey was born on April 29th, 1961, in Nassau, Bahamas to Rejoiner Ann Rolle and Jerome James Francis Etienne. Married to Andrea G. Rolle-Francis, they have two daughters; Janae Latoya Francis, a graduate of Allegany College of Maryland, and Jessica Lee Francis a graduate Potomac State College West Virginia University in Kyser West Virginia. Jeffrey was coaching the sport of baseball from 1980 at the age of 18 years old because he loved the sport as a kid. He started listening to the game over the radio out of Miami Florida in the late 60s and in the early 70s started playing the game locally in various local leagues right up to the premier senior league; a league where all of the current Bahamian minor leaguers played. In 1982, Jeffrey had an invite to a three day tryout with the New York Yankees in Hollywood Florida, which was an awesome experience that is lasting a life time memory for him. Jeffrey has been following the Bahamian baseball players in the minor leagues since 1999 with Angelo Burrows, but found greater interest with the signing of Antoan Richardson in 2005. He also writes a year end review on their play on his Facebook page, Baseball Bahamas, and he has a website with the same name. He has a great following and would love to expose the baseball players to a bigger worldwide audience. He has a good relationship with all the players because he personally coached most of them. His favorite MLB Team is the Detroit Tigers from 1969.