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
nice ballet peaceful
When I'm doing well, it's like I'm in a nice little ballet. Everything is going slow all around me. It's very peaceful.
ball corner establish felt inside keeping
I was working on keeping the ball down and I felt like I did that. I didn't establish the inside corner and that was the difference.
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.
ball balls change good laid staying ups zone
I wasn't getting the ball down. Balls were staying up in the zone a little bit. They had a good approach. They laid off on good change ups down and capitalized on mistakes.
ball balls change good laid staying ups zone
I wasn't getting the ball down, ... Balls were staying up in the zone a little bit. They had a good approach. They laid off on good change ups down and capitalized on mistakes.
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.
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.
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.
bill definitely heart luxury soul
Bill was definitely the heart and soul of the A's. He was legendary. It was a luxury to have him doing our games.
anywhere changed contend expected great june near playing playoff run upset win
We were playing not anywhere near to our capabilities. But regardless, I don't think we expected to come out and contend for a playoff spot. Things changed after our great run in June and July. Now we're going to be upset if we don't win the division.
baseball breaks brown figure front gods gotten seen
Brown was way out in front of a changeup, ... That's just the baseball gods there. ... I haven't seen their games, but I figure they hadn't gotten breaks like that.
approach cost couple frustrated left pitches
I got out of some (jams) but I left a couple of pitches up and that can cost you the game. I'm frustrated with (my) up-down approach in April.
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.