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Because maybe, You're gonna be the one who saves me?

Three most outrageous contracts
1. Giants throw $126 million, over seven years, at Barry Zito -- even though (we hate to break it to them) since his Cy Young season, he owns fewer wins than Jeff Suppan and a worse strikeout ratio than Casey Fossum.

http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/spring2007/columns/story?columnist=stark_jayson&id=2763402

But hey, if you walked into an office and sat down in a seat for a second to sign a document, and someone said, "Hey, Bob sits there. That's Bob's seat, nobody sits there but Bob" wouldn't you just shrug and say, "Bob better learn to deal"?

What sort of asshole doesn't want other people to use his precious seat when he's not around?

Oh yeah - the biggest asshole in ball.

I'm wondering if this is a kind of running joke for the new guys:
"Hey man, thats Barry's urinal" or "Hey don't use that one, thats Barry's vcr/monitor" or "Don't read that one, thats Barry's copy of Plutarch's Lives of the Noble Grecians and Romans" etc.

{weeps copious tears of relief}

In Oakland, Zito had a very controlled, upright delivery. When he threw Thursday, he started with a little crouch, as if leaning on the back of a chair. As he turned to begin his windup he reared backward, the most radical change. Then, he took a longer stride toward the plate.

The idea is to generate more thrust with his legs and less with his arm, which not only should preserve the arm and allow him to throw more innings, but also create later and more powerful movement on his pitches, including the fastball and curveball.

"I just felt constricted, really, the last few years, like I was throwing all arm," Zito said, "so it's about using the core of your body, the center of your mass, instead of your arm."

Anyone else reminded of a left-handed Huddy delivery?

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the biggest news here is that WHIP is the most important and telling number in baseball.
who are these stat gurus?

By the way, Z, if you're gonna sit in that big leather chair, be careful for any syringe needles that might have been left in there...

I would say that that series ranks in the top 5 of most-horrifically-crushing-moments in sports history.