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April 27th, 2009 - Barry Zito continues to ruin the value of this website with another darling performance against the much Los Angeles Dodgers. Overall, this was a great game that showed the San Francisco Giants can compete with what is maybe the best team in the MLB. The douchebags Dodgers are solid from top to bottom, and any hitter can really ruin a good start with one swing of the bat.

In the second inning I started to get pretty worried as the classic sign that Zito was about to get ripped reared its ugly head. Zito left the first 7 pitches of the inning up in the zone but luckily got out of a jam with an inning ending double play. It was a big difference from the first inning when Barry only needed 9 pitches to retire the Dodgers.\

In the stands was a possibly drunk Barry Bonds sitting front row and looking better then everyone like always. I could smell the liquor threw the TV when he did an interview with Amy Gutierrez (who by the way is fucking awful). I am sure this is the only way he could go to a ball game and be on the nonathletic part of the stadium.

The Giants pulled out a great win 5-4 and continued to look like a legit team. We have now won 7 of our last 9, with both of those two losses happening during the last at bats of our opponents.

In the bottom of the third, we scored three on a couple of brain farts by the Dodgers and then a single by Pablo Sandoval. Zito then took a shutout into the 7th before getting tired and making some mistakes. He gave up a two run homerun to Casey Blake, an RBI single to Orlando Hudson, and then another RBI single to that fuck face Manny Ramirez. He was then pulled.

Zito had his 13-inning scoreless streak snapped and remains win less in his last 10 April starts. He pitched a total of 6 1/3 innings, allowing three runs and five hits.

“I’m still upset at myself for walking [Mark] Loretta and not bearing down on Blake,” Zito said. “Sure I was starting to tire, but I have to bear down. It’s strictly mental.”

We won Barry, you kept us in the game and we rallyed around you to steal back the win. Ill take a game like this from you everyday.

Barry Zito pitched really well, and no that is not sarcastic. His fast ball hit in the 90’s a couple of times, and he was hitting his spots with some zip on it. Sure he pitched a gem against the shitty Padres (don’t let their record fool you, they are still as bad as they were last year) but I think he would have had good results against most teams with the way he threw.

Unfortunately Zito got Cain’ed and the Giants scored zero runs while he was on the mound. We ended up beating the Padres on Bengie Molina’s two out ground rule double in the bottom of the ninth.

The way we won was actually pretty funny.  Andres Torres singled to right and stole second during Eugenio Velez’s strikeout. That brought up Fred Lewis with Emmanuel Burriss on deck. The Padres decided to intentionally walk Freddy Lewis to get to the 0 for the century Burriss. As soon as they threw the first ball to Lewis, Bengie Molina (who had the day off and didn’t take batting practice) stepped outside the dugout to the on deck circle. The crowd of 26,593 fans (smallest since we opened At&t) erupted. Bengie showed how clutch he is, and ended the game.

Back to Zito though, like I have said before I am a Giants fan, so I am always routing for Zito. He just finally delivered.

Zito only allowed one runner past second base, and for the first time since July of last year, did not have a walk. He also lowered his ERA from 10.00 to a career low 5.63 (still have to get my jabs in).

“I just wanted to be aggressive today and let the hitters on the other side earn it themselves instead of falling behind and giving them free passes,” said Zito. “As good a [rotation] that we have, we want to go out and help the team more than the last guy did. Some of these outings were pretty impressive, but I’m just glad to get a win today, too.”

Anyone who received their SFGiants.com email today, knows that the title of the email was “Zito brings good vibes to finale at Dodger Stadium”, well that’s about all he brought because he sure didn’t bring any skill. You can read the whole article here but don’t waste your time its bullshit. They actually try to hype the game up by saying Barry Zito likes pitching in L.A “because he’s 3-1 with a 2.73 ERA in four career appearances there”. How shitty of a pitcher are you when your bragable stats still include an ERA close to three!

Randy Johnson had never lost in L.A going into this week and hes been pitching since the civil war; now that’s a fucking stat. (He lost, go Giants!)

Back to this weeks abortion of a ballgame though.

Any inclinations that Giants fans had that we might contend in this game, were quickly crushed by Rafeal Furcals lead off homerun in the bottom of the first. They then scored 2 in the second on Fred Lewis’s 3rd error that’s not scored an error (ETNSAE is a stat they should add) of the year.

Zito gave up six runs in just over 5 innings of work. Yes that’s right, he once again can’t go deep into a game. Since 2006, Barry Zito has only hit 8.0 in the innings column 6 times out of 56 starts. No that’s not 6 complete games (which CC Sabathia beat in 2008 with 7) that’s just completing the 8th inning.

Zito did however hit two Dodgers, which is decent.

He finished with 4k’s and 4 walks (and hit two batters) and tossed 94 pitches. He is now on the same stellar pace as last year, with his second straight loss making him 0-2 on the season.

Deja Vu here at TradeBarryZito.com. We got excited after hearing about a great off season for Barry Zito, only to see him throw just like he always does. He was leaving his curveballs up in the zone, he was missing with his fastball and changeup, and his defense let him down. Now, you can’t blame him for the defense having brain fart after brain fart, but you can blame him for the singles and doubles hit off of him in the opening inning.

Barry was able to calm down after a rocky first inning, and his fastball was noticeably quicker. He was hitting 87-88 MPH consistently. If he can get that up to 90, I think Ill have to take this website down.

Just like last year, I feel its important for me to mention why this site is here. Well, I am a diehard Giants fan. I like Barry Zito as a person, but as a Giant it makes me want to pull my hair out every time I see him on the mound because I know what we could be doing for this team if we didn’t have his salary. Hes a good guy, and is very dedicated. He just isn’t good anymore.

It doesn’t matter if he worked out all offseason with Giants Closer Brian Wilson. It doesn’t matter if he started surfing again to keep his mind at ease. He just doesn’t have top of the rotation stuff, and does not deserve the cash we are paying him. I sure hope he is donating a lot of his salary to charity, because he definitely isn’t earning it.

Oh, and wtf is up with Scott Hairston. Robs a homerun from Bengie Molina, than next inning takes one out of the deepest part of the field. That guy kills us every time we play against him. He has 41 career homeruns, and 10 against the Giants.

Here is Barry Zito’s line for the game in a 7-3 loss to the San Diego Padres.