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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...
Maybe Hudson’s finally found a team he can dominate in the playoffs. Last season, the A’s ace was southpaw Barry Zito. Yet, he only pitched once in Oakland’s five game series against a Minnesota team stacked with lefties. This year, the A’s will make sure their best have two chances to pitch. Hudson’s been phenomenal all year long. And in his one performance against Boston, he threw a nine-inning, two-hit, one-walk shutout...
...Zito is next. There’s been a lot of talk about how much Barry has struggled this season after his Cy Young performance in 2002. But his numbers are still quite good—3.30 ERA and a 1.18 WHIP. And Zito’s best month of the year, despite his last outing of the season in a meaningless game against Seattle, was September...
...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...