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Roberts Report: Liriano of old won't be back soon

By Brendan Roberts
ESPN.com

Friday, April 25, 2008

Two pitches. That's all it took, and it had nothing to do with the results of those pitches. I'm talking about what I saw from Francisco Liriano on April 13 in his first start after returning from Tommy John surgery. Something wasn't right, and not only because Liriano looked jittery and uncomfortable, and clearly didn't have a feel for the ball. I was willing to forgive him for looking jittery and uncomfortable; it was his first big league outing in 19 months to the day. I also was willing to ...

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