This is typical erratic Liriano, this is why he is not a bonafide "Ace" as people like to refer to...

This is typical erratic Liriano, this is why he is not a bonafide "Ace" as people like to refer to him. He can pitch, but he doesn't seem to have it together mentally. "Aces" make a bad pitch and move on, Liriano makes a bad pitch and then follows it up with several more.

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Yahoo User Gasman on Francisco Liriano

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"Liriano is the best pitcher the MN Twins have, regardless of what other random users on the internet say."

“Also, judging Spring Training starts as actual talent evaluation is slightly ridiculous.”

-fischean, Twinkie Town member

Baseball...it's back, and it's good.

by fischean on Mar 9, 2011 10:45 PM EST reply actions

My next fanshot

will pretend to link to a strib comment but actually will link to my own fanshot. It will make the front page and garner thousands of comments.

by archie2227 on Mar 9, 2011 10:54 PM EST up reply actions

Ooh, strib comments can be even more amusing than Yahoo! comments.

I anxiously await your post.

Baseball...it's back, and it's good.

by fischean on Mar 9, 2011 11:04 PM EST up reply actions

Huh

I thought the FAQ had you listed as “Twinkie Town Goddess” but hey, whatever you prefer.

The only stat that counts is W

by wayback on Mar 10, 2011 1:25 AM EST up reply actions 2 recs

Thanks for the new signature!

Ha.

Baseball...it's back, and it's good.

by fischean on Mar 10, 2011 12:00 PM EST up reply actions

I'm honored

The only stat that counts is W

by wayback on Mar 11, 2011 2:07 PM EST up reply actions

Wow

It’s amazing how everyone freaks out over a completely meaningless spring training game.
He’s got some work to do, but who doesn’t this time of year?

Formerly thewild_viking_twins. Because my old profile was kidnapped by ninjas, and I was NOT a bad enough dude to rescue it...

by NorthernStar on Mar 9, 2011 11:23 PM EST reply actions

Liriano should be perfect always

If only he weren't so lazy and mentally weak! Curse his low moral fiber!

This was a triumph
I'm making a note here - huge success

by what_would_gil_thorp_do on Mar 9, 2011 11:35 PM EST up reply actions

I'll see your Yahoo comment, and raise you a Strib comment and an ESPN comment

Yeah, but what are the Vikings going to do for QB? That’s a much more pressing concern than what the Twins do with either Slowey or Liriano. In any case, neither one of them is going anywhere.

- Strib commenter bigcat1975 on Francisco Liriano

No Way. The only team that Liriano helps the Yanks beat is the Sox. That is 19 games of which he pitches ?? Give our guys a chance. Liriano was Ivan four or five years ago. Look at the Sox. Lester and Buckholts are their One and Two. Beckett and Lackey are likely to fall three four. Young arms that pound the strike zone are better than 27 year olds that rely on sliders that fall out of the strike zone. Let him go elsewhere and start following what the Sox are doing. We did the same types of things the Sox are doing back in 1996-2000. This strategy did not turn out too badly.

- ESPN commenter soxski on Francisco Liriano

This was a triumph
I'm making a note here - huge success

by what_would_gil_thorp_do on Mar 9, 2011 11:25 PM EST reply actions 2 recs

WTF does that second comment even mean?

by Jesse on Mar 10, 2011 11:58 AM EST up reply actions

I'm glad I wasn't the only one who couldn't figure that out

"There are only two things that are infinite, the universe and human stupidity, and I'm not sure about the former." - Albert Einstein

by BeefMaster on Mar 10, 2011 1:04 PM EST up reply actions

Fire Gary.

by Brady Eyestone on Mar 10, 2011 9:53 AM EST reply actions

Fire Larry

"You're thinking too much. Just have fun." -- Bennie "The Jet" Rodriguez in Sandlot

by cmathewson on Mar 10, 2011 10:40 AM EST up reply actions

Free Charlie!

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by less cowbell, more 'neau on Mar 10, 2011 5:04 PM EST up reply actions

I liked your poetry fanshot better.

"Don't take life for granted, because tomorrow isn't promised to any one of us." -Kirby Puckett
New Twins motto: "Twins baseball: Poor fans can screw themselves!" -BatGirl

by less cowbell, more 'neau on Mar 10, 2011 5:07 PM EST reply actions

Eh, I can't say I really disagree with part of that statement

I’m not basing it off of spring training but in 2009 he had a lot of “I look like I’m going to cry on the mound” moments. That improved greatly in 2010, but still happened every once and awhile. Even now in spring training, he’s getting too excited and rushing, trying to blow a pitch by batters. It is what is making him pitch badly right now.

When things go wrong, he doesn’t seem to recompose himself. Mauer walks out there a lot to settle him down, but a lot of the times it doesn’t work. I feel like Mauer made a lot of trips to the mound late last year.

I think with Liriano, he’s just not used to sucking. He’s always been really talented and would dominate people. 2008 and 2009 were rough for him because he wasn’t dominating any more. He actually had to learn how to pitch rather than just throw the ball as hard as he could. Throwing the ball as hard as he can now leads to bad pitch location and bad innings.

I do agree that he’s not mentally tough yet. He’s not as bad as he used to be, but he’s still not where he needs to be in order to be an ace. The talent is there though.

Baseball reminds us of all that once was good, and that could be again.-Terence Mann/James Earl Jones in FoD

by Twins33 on Mar 10, 2011 9:50 PM EST reply actions

I have to agree with that too.

Liriano is horribly streaky. When it goes well, it goes amazing. When anything goes wrong, get the bullpen ready, because there’s going to be crooked numbers coming.

by Shawn Gillogly on Mar 11, 2011 6:16 PM EST up reply actions