Having caught Franco's attention, Matthews asked him what he was doing swinging at exactly the sort of pitch everyone from hitting coach Matt Stairs to manager Pete Mackanin to lunch room ice-cream scooper Frank Mazzuca knows he shouldn't swing at. Franco almost never makes good contact with breaking pitches thrown on the outside part of the plate, especially below his knees. And he should never, ever swing at an offspeed pitch on the outside part of the plate when it's the first pitch of an at-bat with the bases empty.