Barry Zito
Barry Zito
Barry William Zitois an American former professional baseball pitcher. He played 15 seasons in Major League Baseballfor the Oakland Athletics and San Francisco Giants. His pitching repertoire consisted of a curveball, a four-seam fastball, a two-seam fastball, a circle changeup, and a cutter–slider...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionBaseball Player
Date of Birth13 May 1978
CityLas Vegas, NV
CountryUnited States of America
writing
I just write mechanical things.
kids school high-school
I was this 5-7 pudgy kid in high school... I wasn't a popular kid. I was an outcast.
successful people guy
When someone becomes successful or rich and famous, people perceive that person as being different. But I'm the same guy I've always been.
league defense bigs
Big league defense is going to get outs most times.
running ocean years
There's a part of me that wants to go streak and run outside and jump around and go swim in the ocean and do everything. The other part of me wants to bear down and repeat this kind of performance next year and in the years to come.
thinking wind games
I think in the bullpen you can tell during your warmups, if you have a good feel for it. But anything can happen once you get into a game. Sometimes you just wind up throwing it better than ever before one day without knowing why.
thinking people totems
Some people pray to a totem pole, some people pray to a sun, some people pray to a god. It all works for them. It all comes back to what you think.
outfielders catching
The outfield is solid, so is the catching and the infield.
running giving-up cocky
I'm not trying to be cocky, but I set such a high standard for myself. I'm not happy when I pitch seven innings and give up two runs and get a win.
kids veteran stills
I'm OK being the veteran, but I'm still just a kid.
hands i-can my-friends
I can count my friends on one hand.
intuition would-be able
It would be great to just be able to ignore everything and pitch to a spot, to suppress the intellect and let the intuition take over.
fighting thinking guy
I think I'm aware of what goes on in my mind more than some guys, and for that reason I fight more battles.
bullying gay organization
We speak for the entire Giants organization when we say that there is no place in society for hatred and bullying against anyone.