The conventional wisdom used to be that chicks dig the longball. Not true. Chicks dig Barry Zito. Who would have thought being young, wealthy, handsome, and articulate could be such a turn-on? Rick Reuschel may kick Zito's ass on paper -- but, in the flesh, Giants pitcher Zito gets to hob-nob with Paris Hilton and Big Daddy serves as a role model for fat, sweaty bald men the world over (and currently runs a farm with his brother -- not super glamorous). Yes, it's true -- the intrepid folks at Pe
Let's be honest, the Giants could use this guy, too.
The San Francisco Giants' entire ad campaign used to boil down to "Come watch: We Got Barry." Now the overriding message is, "Come watch: Barry's gone." A quartet of new Giants ads have been playing on San Francisco screens, and the theme couldn't be clearer: These guys are young, fun, and just like you! Hey, they even take Muni! To wit: A man in a business suit running around the street is gunned down at "home" on a toss over all the park
You can get a lot at a Giants game -- but not free money. Sorry. Despite what you may have read elsewhere, the San Francisco Giants wish for you to buy your peanuts and crackerjack, like the song says -- they won't loan them to you. They won't loan you cash either. In an opening day story in the San Francisco Chronicle, longtime sports columnist Gwen Knapp ruminated about how baseball must take action to once again serve as the fan-accessible pastime of a hard-up nation (unwittingly opening the
Can you name this pitcher? Sound off! With Barry Zito scheduled to be handed the ball tomorrow in Dodger Stadium -- and with the possibility of a five-game losing streak piled atop whatever other pressures he brings to the mound -- it's now clearer than ever: This man needs a nickname. This is no simple task, which is why we're opening up the floodgates to you the readers. Can a proper nickname for Zito be nailed down? After all, the man has truly disappointed in myriad ways -- but has never bee
Rather than delve into the schadenfreude of a man, with the name "Manny" who took female hormonal medication -- and tie that in to the impotence of the San Francisco Giants' bats -- today, let's look on the bright side of life. After all, it's Zito Day. And a Happy Zito Day to you. One month ago, if you'd told me that Barry Zito would pitch four straight stellar games, I'd have wondered what Double-A club he would be doing it for. But it's true. Since a pair of obliterations to open up the seaso
Keith AllisonBoston castoff Brad Penny has already earned his keep with the Giants​Raise your right hand high over your head if you predicted that the San Francisco Giants' scrap-heap recovery project, Brad Penny, would come within three outs of throwing a shutout last night in a dominant debut vs. a very good Philadelphia team. You are all liars. How a pitcher who was getting regularly lit up in Boston like a San Francisco outhouse managed to immediately "revert to All-Star form" when pitchin
