it takes a special effort to make trax look like cy young, but doggone it, barry done done it.

I mean, it was never a good contract, but who could have predicted it’d end up this way?

Spiraling salaries and questionable output. Get a lot of young hosses and carefully supplement. I keep asking myself when will GMs start showing some restraint. I doubt any time soon. I just hope the O’s stop the madness, as AM seems inclined to do.

I didn’t think the Zito signing was good. He was clearly more a 3 or 4 guy who’s getting paid ace money. But I’m surprised he’s completely unuseable, terrible, god awful. He’s apparently lost a lot of velocity. I would like to know why. Is it age, injury, both?

that the Yankees ended up with this contract.

OK…all me does.

The bay area press is having a field day on this story today. Zito was supposed to be the franchise player that replaced Bonds. Plenty of people are now saying “I TOLD you they paid too much for this guy!”

....well, except for the fact that Barry’s pocketing $118 mil.

It’s almost a pity, though, as looking at his wiki entry, he sure looks like a fun guy:

“Zito is known for his idiosyncrasies, and his offbeat personality. He has earned the nicknames “Planet Zito” and “Captain Quirk”.[25] He once made it a practice to buy his own autographed baseball cards on eBay; when asked why he bought them at auction for high prices rather than acquiring unsigned cards and signing them himself, Zito replied, “Because they’re authenticated.” Despite batting and throwing left-handed, Zito signs autographs for fans at the ballpark right-handed.

At his introductory press conference with the Giants, Zito said he liked the way his uniform number 75 looked, because the 7 and the 5 are like a “shelf” to hold the name “Zito” up. He carries pink satin pillows on the road, collects stuffed animals (such as a good luck teddy bear, with which he used to travel), and burns incense to relax.[26] Early in his career, Zito dyed his hair blue. He plays guitar, surfs, practices yoga, and follows Zen. He has done yoga poses in the outfield, and meditates before games.”