Word: zito
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...Oakland A’s ace Tim Hudson yawning on the mound last night, it wasn’t because he was bored. Barry Zito was probably rubbing his eyes while Ted Lilly popped some NoDoz in the dugout...
...experts said, “pitching wins championships.” They saw Tim Hudson, Mark Mulder and Barry Zito. They saw three wins in a row. They remembered how the A’s almost defeated the vaunted Yankees despite having a payroll nearly $100 million lower than New York. They saw a weak hitting Twins team. They thought, “this is the year...
...corporate-accounting scandals, Grasso pushed hard for strict new N.Y.S.E. governance requirements, with a focus on transparency. So pressure has built for the Big Board to follow the same standards as its members. "It was Dick who said earlier this year, 'Look, times have changed,'" says N.Y.S.E. spokesman Robert Zito. By disclosing Grasso's pay while extending his contract through 2007, the N.Y.S.E. board ate its own cooking without appearing to criticize the man who has led the exchange through boom, bust, national disaster and scandal. "We wanted to announce to the world a vote of confidence for Dick," said...
...Ichiro's at bats are clinics in working over a pitcher: stretch, shirt tug, foul, foul, foul, flare to left center. With his maddening skill at making contact, it's nearly impossible to fire three pitches past Ichiro. When he dives after a curveball in the dirt, as Zito induces him to do in his first at bat, "I can't really pat myself on the back," Zito says. He figures Ichiro just made a rare mistake...
...arrives the perfect Ichiro moment. He slaps a ground ball three steps to the left of first base, but he is so fast that Zito never comes close to covering the bag in time, and what would be a sure out for anyone else ends with Ichiro safe again, a paradox in action. "When Ichiro doesn't hit the ball well, it's almost to his advantage," Zito says. "He's a pain...