.....THE HELL?

Francisco Liriano isn't good at baseball anymore, apparently. Franchise has gotten off to a rocky 0-3 start after being touted as the dark horse to lead the Twins to the Central Division crown as well as "having nasty" per Scott Baker.

Pitching coach Rick Anderson went out to talk to Liriano (in what language God only knows) following a five-pitch walk to Frank Thomas that loaded the bases. Anderson told Liriano to settle down and just throw it over the plate, but that didn't provide any solutions.

Wow, great coaching Rickster. Maybe you can get into the NFL and yell at your kicker after a miss like everyone's favorite tomato, Tom Coughlin. On the up and up, the Twins are staying within striking distance of the lead for the division plus Adam Everett is still hurt, so that's good.

Now it turns out that they're sending his 12.32 ERA and DUI conviction to Rochester and calling up something named Bobby Korecky. This is not the start that I envisioned for Santana Jr. I envisioned him pitching 54 consecutive scoreless innings and one night, with the game on the line, telling Adam Everett to take a seat, lash a double off the Dodge Ram or whatever the hell they have up now, and giving the Minnesota fans an enticing striptease. Guy can dream, right?

Franchise can't find his slider yet and his fastball clearly is not hitting its spots. Could it be the long layoff? Could it be the surgery taking some of the bite off of his pitches? Is it just an early season slump? Nope, it's clearly Craig Monroe's fault. Maybe we should cut him.