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Tuesday, August 08, 2006

Liriano, meet Earl Weaver

By Tangotiger, 08:47 AM

http://www.startribune.com/509/story/600949.html

“He just came off the mound [after the fourth inning], and we asked him how he’s doing,” Gardenhire said. “We said, ‘Are you OK?’ And he wouldn’t really give us any definitive answer.”...His fastball reached 96 miles per hour and, with his wicked slider working at times, he notched five strikeouts.  “I couldn’t even throw the fastball, slider, changeup, anything,” Liriano said. “It bothered me every pitch I threw.”

It’s understood, isn’t it?  That when…

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