Our Frenchman

Baseball is played everywhere. Clearly stated in this blog's name since 2007, true it's a worldwide game, but still, even for me, it comes of a bit of a surprise to see certain countries produce good baseball players. Not to play too much into certain stereotypes, but when we think of France (Eifel Tower, the Louve, Crepes, Thierry Henry, Soccer, Tour de France - cycling, French Open - tennis, Tony Parker - basketball, baguettes, cheese, and wine) it's safe to assume we don't think of baseball. Jerome Rousseau, he of the French country, and our First Baseman, hitting over .400 currently in the German Bundesliga for the HSV Stealers, defies these stereotypes. He plays baseball, not such a different brand then what we are used to - I see him out on the field producing in games and training as a professional, just as much as our other professionals, at first glance you might even think he is a pro ball player from America, the only difference is he does it all with a ridiculously harmonious parisian accent, and with a French flare on the side (like his pre-game routine last week of shirtless cigarettes and coffee seen above)... More Frenchmen chronicles to come....