Return of The Franchise

Yes, I was at the Dome yesterday to watch Francisco Liriano's return to the bigs.

And I was pretty happy with it. When he pitched himself into trouble, he pitched himself right back out of it.

There was room for improvement, yes, but it was definitely a successful first outing.

He struck out 5 batters in 6 scoreless innings and walked 3, dropping his ERA from the high 11 something to about a 7.2.

Of course, with this win, the Twinks have passed the White Sox and taken over first place in the big, bad, AL Central.

Don't get me wrong, I'm ecstatic about that, but a lot of people are making it sound like Liriano rocketed the Twins into first all by himself.

It's as if Liriano was some sort of super pitcher that could throw one strike that simultaneously strikes out all 9 batters 3 times.

And we all know Reyes is the only pitcher allowed to throw one pitch and get a win.

So yes, I'm happy that 'Cisco is back, and replacing Livan to boot, but a pitcher doesn't come back with his first major league win in two years and become the sole player responsible for moving a team into first place.

Just keep that in mind.