ST. LOUIS, MO - AUGUST 23: Ben Francisco #3 of the Houston Astros hits a one run single against the St. Louis Cardinals at Busch Stadium on August 23, 2012 in St. Louis, Missouri. (Photo by Jeff Curry ...

NEW YORK, NY - MAY 01: Ben Francisco #45 of the New York Yankees hits a solo home run in the third-inning against the Houston Astros at Yankee Stadium on May 1, 2013 in the Bronx borough of New York ...

James, of Ben Francisco’s “Tio Gilberto and the Twenty-Seven Ghosts“, plans on spending an idyllic summer in the Castro, only to run into complications, both romantic and otherworldly. An interesting ...

Ben Francisco got the first major-league start out of the way when Indians manager Eric Wedge installed him as the left fielder, batting ninth Friday night. Francisco took care of the first ...

Francisco burst on the scene with the Bisons as a 23-year-old callup from Double-A Akron the final week of the season in 2005 on a veteran-laden Buffalo team that won an IL North Division title. He ...

ST. LOUIS-- Eighteen days before Ben Francisco won a postseason game with one swing, he saw the future. He was in Philadelphia and St. Louis' Jaime Garcia was on the mound. The lefty threw him a ...