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The Barry Zito Follies: He Might Actually Be Improving?
Published 5/13/2008 by The Riot (noreply@blogger.com) at Rumors and Rants
... Monday night he threw six pedestrian innings, giving up seven hits and three runs while striking out two. And get this: He didn't get the loss! Well that's awesome. Good for Barry. Instead of getting shelled he's just being mildly smacked around. ...

The Puma Concolor Will Bite Your Neck, Hit Tater Tots
Published 5/13/2008 by Rob Iracane at Walkoff Walk
... and if you get in his way like Barry Zito did last night, he will pounce on you and bite your neck. Berkman went 3-for-4 with a two-run ding dong off Zito in leading his Astros to a 7-3 win over the Giants. He's actually hitting over .500 in the past 15 games, bringing the Houston Astros within 1.5 games of the first place Cubs. He's also gone and won his second Player of the Week award in the past three weeks. Lance Berkman is hitting so goddamned hot, ...

ZITO RISES TO MEDIOCRITY FOR ONE NIGHT
Published 5/13/2008 at With Leather
... Zito, whose 30th birthday is today, is 0-7 with a 6.58 ERA, and it's gotten to the point that he's heralded for notching no-decisions, as he did with six innings of seven-hit, three-run ball last night (the Giants still lost). ...