Thus Far, It's Been a Giant Miscalculation
Published 5/4/2008 by Dave Sheinin at washingtonpost.com - MLB
Nobody around the San Francisco Giants can say what they really feel about the debacle that is the Barry Zito situation. If they did, it would sound almost as ugly as the results of Zito's starts.
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