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
traded
Personally, I don't think I'm going to get traded this year,
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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.
falling throwing
Same old thing. I'm still falling behind, throwing way too many pitches.
distract major
There won't be any intangibles that can distract the clubhouse, we'll know what to expect. That's a major plus.
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I understand why people think that way, but anyone who knows anything about me knows that money is not what drives me. My drive has always been toward being the best pitcher in Major League Baseball, and that will be my drive right up to the day I hang up my spikes.
fired obviously teams
That's something teams don't do. They were obviously fired up.
change expecting focused mixing pitches swings today worked
I worked on a change and they had some swings today that made it look like they were expecting a fastball. I'm focused on mixing all my pitches up like I'm going to do in the season.
ball guys hitting kept playing seems
I was just getting the ball up. It seems like we were playing guys one place in the outfield, and they kept hitting it to the other, you know? Everything just went their way today.
colon ninth throwing
Colon was amazing, ... I mean, he's throwing 95-96 in the ninth and 10th innings. That's video-game stuff.
flip grab hands plays side stop taken trying
Basically, I had to grab it and side flip it. I was trying to grab it with two hands and stop my momentum. In retrospect, I should have taken my glove off and used my right hand. Plays didn't go our way.
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It was just a great game, definitely playoff vibes. It's good for the team to come out on top in huge games like this, with a large crowd, so we can develop our psyche for that. Hopefully, when we get to the playoffs, we can deal with that in a good way.
baseball grief hear strike sure word
So I'm going to get some grief about this. I don't say a word when I strike him out, but I'm sure I'll hear about this.