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
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.
athlete rapper people
I can relate to anyone. I can hang out with stoners, skaters, surfers, stockbrokers, lawyers, athletes, rappers. I feel I can hang out with any group of people and find common ground to talk with them.
thinking people care
I'm so secure in myself I couldn't care less what people think of me.
blocks bus cleveland five stop streets walking
We're having the bus stop five blocks away from the hotel, too. So they'll be walking the streets of Cleveland all pimped out.
traded
Personally, I don't think I'm going to get traded this year,
breaks dugout entire figured fired league losing major normally obviously stop teams threw time today yelling
They were getting the breaks we were getting in our streak. I figured they weren't getting breaks like that. ... When you have that kind of losing streak, you really stop caring. They were doing things today that normally major league teams don't do, like every time I threw to first their entire dugout was yelling 'Back!' They obviously were fired up.
encounter face glad offense regular sitting situation spring today
I'm glad the offense is doing what they were doing. In spring you encounter just about every situation you'll face during the regular season. Today it was sitting for a while.
sitting waiting
He was sitting all over it. It would have bounced in the dirt. ... Obviously, it was what he was waiting for.
firm focusing lock mixing pitches routine stand trying
I'm just trying to lock in a routine and stand firm on my mechanics. I'm focusing on mixing all my pitches up like I'm going to do in the season.
brain open picking start
I think as they all get a little more comfortable, I think they'll all start picking my brain a bit. I'm open to all that.