SF Gate: Jenkins: In Search Of Zito
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1| FanHouse found this 5/3/2008 on www.baseballthinkfactory.org [flag] |
Bruce Jenkins, blaming Zito’s decline on Barry Bonds. Surprise, surprise
Having seen Barry Zito in two of his favorite comfort zones - jamming on guitar and gazing at a pristine surf break - I can’t help but lament his choice of teams. There’s a lot to like about the revitalized Giants, but last year, in the cauldron of Barry Bonds-related gloom, took the fun out of the game for Zito. He did ...
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Barry Bonds' Ghost Still Haunts Barry Zito
Published 5/3/2008 by Eamonn Brennan at FanHouse
... for why Barry Zito has been egregiously ineffective this year. They include, but are not limited to: a drop in velocity, weirdly inconsistent mechanics, poor defense, and so forth. All you have to do is watch, really, and you can see it: Zito's just not the same player he used to be. None of the above reasons include Barry Bonds somehow still haunting Zito, but that's exactly the hypothesis San Fransisco Chronicle columnist Bruce Jenkins posited today (via BBTF). Huh? Having seen Barry Zito in two of his favorite comfort zones - jamming ...
