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
cold days front hard hope mud nice pitch plate seattle
It wasn't so much the coldness as the wetness. I got so much mud in my spikes that it was hard to plate that front leg. There will be days you go out and its muddy. You just pitch through it. It's going to be cold in Seattle and I hope we have a nice day in Oakland.
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.
behind fans focus loss tomorrow
If we focus on this loss and take it to tomorrow's game, that's unproductive. Fans can look at it like that. But we can't look at it like that. We've got to focus on tomorrow and put this behind us.
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.
so it's better to be in a daze.
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.
agent home money month spoken
Money isn't the goal. It's more about me maxing out on the field, being where I want to be pitching-wise. This is my home team. I haven't spoken to my agent in a month or so.
advantage helps instead maybe pumped trip works
Maybe I was a little lethargic mentally, instead of being pumped up. I think that works to my advantage when I'm lethargic. It helps me not trip out on everything.