http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2011/06/13/not-taking-twins-pitch-to-contact-advice-has-worked-well-for-francisco-liriano/ Baseball. Baseball. And then a bit more baseball. Thu, 23 May 2013 12:41:15 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2011/06/13/not-taking-twins-pitch-to-contact-advice-has-worked-well-for-francisco-liriano/comment-page-1/#comment-149415 Mon, 13 Jun 2011 17:25:56 +0000 http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=63787#comment-149415 Especially against the AL East when a lot of those pitches go about 400 feet.

]]> http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2011/06/13/not-taking-twins-pitch-to-contact-advice-has-worked-well-for-francisco-liriano/comment-page-1/#comment-149384 Mon, 13 Jun 2011 16:42:59 +0000 http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=63787#comment-149384 “Pitch to contact” is fine advice when you’re rotation consists of Joel Pinero, Jeff Suppan, Kyle Lohse and a whole host of other has-been and never-will-bes. The “try only throwing sinkers and see if that helps” philosphy doesn’t make much sense for a very talented pitcher like Francisco.

]]> http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2011/06/13/not-taking-twins-pitch-to-contact-advice-has-worked-well-for-francisco-liriano/comment-page-1/#comment-149376 Mon, 13 Jun 2011 16:33:48 +0000 http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=63787#comment-149376 Hopefully the Twins learn something from this. Their obsession with pitch-to-contact guys really holds them back as an organization.

]]> http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2011/06/13/not-taking-twins-pitch-to-contact-advice-has-worked-well-for-francisco-liriano/comment-page-1/#comment-149350 Mon, 13 Jun 2011 16:04:16 +0000 http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=63787#comment-149350 I for one am glad to see Liriano finding his groove before the Yankees could snag him for a song.

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