Did Liriano's injury or the Twins changing his delivery diminish his effectiveness?

[Riverbrian]

For future reference, if you're in the room where you can use the remote and feel the bed...having the room keys locked inside the room isn't really much of a problem.

At a different hotel I would have figured that out. I called the front desk and explained the problem with my room keys and they ran me up another card. When they knocked at the door... I told them I couldn't open the door because my room key was locked in here with me. They slid it under the door.

 

In the end I don't think holiday inn does what it implies in the commercials.

[whydidnt]

What I've read today on Baker's injury makes me think that he was neither misdiagnosed nor mistreated. The injury he had is typically treated successfully with rest and only in some cases after that hasn't worked is surgery necessary. And to be clear, because it's on the intergoogle highway doesn't make it so, but that's what I found out there this morning. I should stay at a Holiday Inn Express and see if I gain any better insight from that.

I guess I'll disagree on this one. It's the same injury he's been dealing with for 2 years, the Twins staff urged rest over and over again for the injury, including after the latest flareup. Baker finally decided to get a second opinion and was told he needed surgery to get things fixed. He misses the season. If he had the surgery at the end of last season he probably would have been ready by late April. Brad Lidge is a perfect example of a guy with the same situation that was addressed properly at the end of a season. Now, admittedly we don't know the conversations between Baker and the Twins staff, maybe he was adamant about avoiding surgery and the Twins had no choice but to go along, but it just seems to be another in a line of injuries that have persisted for the Twins. They are either the unluckiest team in the history of baseball, or their Medical staff isn't properly equipped to manager a multitude of sports injuries.