Wednesday, September 25, 2013
Exercise His Option!
Well, maybe not. But Barry Zito, in his final start of 2013, and probably his final start of his Giants career, pitched well, and I couldn't be happier. I always rooted for Zito, I always hoped he would just somehow magically become a curve-ball throwing, opponent-mowing, winning machine like he was in his Cy Young year. It wasn't for lack of trying. He worked hard throughout his contract, and I don't believe he ever got lazy for all the money. The results weren't there, except every now and then, they were. More on that later. Tonight Zito got his first credited win since May. He went 5 innings, gave up 2 runs, and 1 of those was the result of an error. He was the first batter in the 5th inning, and Roger Kieschnick pinch hit for him. Final score, Giants 6, Los Angeles 4. That gives the Giants a winning record this year against that team, regardless of tomorrow's outcome. You know what else? Pablo Sandoval hit his first home run at ATT Park since May. Tony Abreu had a career-high 4 rbi. Barry Zito, for all his failings, had some very good games for the Giants.
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I remember thinking that the Zito contract and the Rowand contract would be impossible "dead weight" dollars and a drain on the payroll and thus prevent the Giants from building a winning team.
I've given up on thinking. I'll just stick to blogging.
Barring a relief appearance in the last 4 games, these are his Giants stats- 62-80 with an ERA of 4.63.
Barry Zito, good giant. I put up a post on my blog about him. Good roughly half the time (97 quality starts in the French Vanilla) he helped with the top ten draft picks in 07-09, and helped with 2010 (some, mainly first half) and then 2012 was the magic redemption story. 5th starter getting paid ace money. Giants won anyways.
Watch this for a good laugh - this has it all (even an anagram, Sue):
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Only injured for part of one year. He will help us get a better draft choice this year. I believe he is responsible for teaching Tim Lincecum the "Deer in the headlights" look. We got rid of guys like Correia who got payed a mere pittance, but who were just as good or bad as Barry Zito. I hope Zito retires and becomes part of the giants family. Just not as a player. He could be our bunting coach. Now Sabean needs to put together a strong 5 man rotation, worthy of the fan support in SF and around the globe.
Our long National nightmare will be over soon ... Bud Selig steps down in January 2015. Now, will be his replacement be any better?
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