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
behind fell kept missing rough trying
I was trying to be too fine. I kept missing with my fastball. I fell behind and that was the difference. ... I've had rough ones before. I have to go out and let it fly. I have to let it go.
player perspective trying
I need to have perspective. That's one of the big things former players told me, to not try to live up to anything, just live up to yourself.
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.
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.
encounter face generally good regular situation spring
I think it was good to get one of these in. Generally you encounter in spring every situation you'd face in the regular season. This was another one of those.
baseball
I think there will be more of a baseball atmosphere.
cool fan stern
I think going on Howard Stern was great. I was such a fan of his for so many years. It was just so cool to be in that studio.
atmosphere game johnson last opening randy sort yankees year
I'm so excited. Man, it's going to be awesome. Last year's Opening Day was a day game in Baltimore, and it didn't really have the sort of atmosphere this year will have. We'll be at home, it's the Yankees and Randy Johnson -- that's just perfect. It couldn't be any better.
hopefully key last learn lessons monday staying trust within
You just learn these lessons and hopefully you only learn them once. I only want to learn the lesson last Monday just once. The key is just staying within yourself. I just have to trust my stuff.
against barrel bounce guard pitch sitting
That was a pitch that was going to bounce in the dirt, you can't guard against that, ... He was sitting curveball and he got the barrel out.
aggressive felt goes good strike zone
It felt good to do that, but I've got to be able to do it during the inning itself. If something goes wrong, I've got to be aggressive in the strike zone and get it done.
cool seem
It doesn't even seem real, ... Pretty cool day.
common ground group hang people talk
I feel I can hang out with any group of people and find common ground to talk with them.