Joe Nathan takes page out of Jimmy Kimmel's playbook and reads mean tweets about himself

Joe Nathan's first season in Detroit hasn't been the easiest transition. Coming off a career-best 1.39 ERA and his sixth All-Star appearance with the Rangers last year, the closer with the seventh most saves in the history of the game has struggled to a 5.25 ERA. With the Tigers in the midst of a postseason battle, fans have voiced some of their frustrations through humankind's greatest communication tool since in-person speech: Twitter. 

On Wednesday, Nathan showed that he has a sense a humor with the whole thing, reading some of the tweets directed his way. 

While the tweets varied in quality, Nathan's favorite belonged to Christopher Barger: 

Please let the Joe Nathan experiment mercifully end and let the Tigers cut the man. You've heard of Shoeless Joe? Nathan is Useless Joe.

- Christopher Barger (@cbarger) August 20, 2014

In the end though, Nathan offered this challenge: 

"C'mon guys, I know you got better than this."