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
against door picked shutting tough
It was tough shutting the door tonight. And we still picked up a half-game against Anaheim on its day off.
against door picked shutting tough
It was tough shutting the door tonight, ... And we still picked up a half-game against Anaheim on its day off.
falling throwing
Same old thing. I'm still falling behind, throwing way too many pitches.
traded
Personally, I don't think I'm going to get traded this year,
dress guy village
Dude, he's, like, 38 or something. I'm not going to be the guy who makes a 38-year-old dress like the Village People.
distract major
There won't be any intangibles that can distract the clubhouse, we'll know what to expect. That's a major plus.
balls couple felt hit inside kept plate pop strange throwing ups
There were some strange balls that were pop ups and they kept going. I was throwing to the inside part of the plate better and throwing the change. I just felt like a couple of them weren't really hit that well.
last month
This last month should be pretty sweet, man. It's going to be very exciting.
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.
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.
ball good hits
I just wasn't getting the ball down ... and they capitalized. I made some good pitches, but they were getting hits off those too, so it was tough.
ball good hits
I just wasn't getting the ball down ... and they capitalized, ... I made some good pitches, but they were getting hits off those too, so it was tough.
colon coming knew potential room
I knew coming in, with Colon being a potential Cy Young winner, there'd be very little room for error, ... He was amazing.
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.