Oh, Whoa is Zito!!! How low must he Go??? Fo' Sho'?

I am not a Barry Zito fan, per se, but I am also a human being who feels empathy. Sorriness. Pity.

Once upon a time* there were three young stud pitchers for the Oakland Athletics. One was named Hudson (I think Tim), the other Barry Zito, and the other...well...I can't remember, but the point of this is Barry Zito, anyway, and suffice it to say that all three were the infamous "future foundation of the franchise".

They were young and vicious and talented, and they were the future.

 In Oakland. That is on the east side of the San Francisco Bay, for those horizontally or longitudinally challenged.

C'est la vie, as my mother always says.

I think Hudson is with the Braves now, which happens to be Atlanta if you have just been cryogenically unfrozen from the mid 20th century a la Captain America recently.

The other guy? Bloggers, help me out. I will kick myself when I hear his name because I really did used to know. A few kids ago. Obviosuly not sure of his whereabouts.

But back to Zito!

Whoooaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa is Zeeeeeeeetooooooooh.

He is currently 0-7 as of May 17, 2008.

Ouch.

Ay.

Oy ve.

Ach, zie zeitgeist ist zer scheudenfrauden!

And he is at this moment down 2-0 to my White Sox in the bottom of the 3rd inning, in AT & T Park (which I had to check, which isn't fair to us people who have to remember a lot of other important things for a living), in the unfriendly confines of ole'

SAN FRANSISCO!

Is that really how you spell the Golden Gate City? It looks weird to me.

Cisco. Got it.

Anyway, I do want the Pale Hose to win today and go to the World Series this fall, but I would like for this still young man of possible Italian descent, said Don Zito, to get as many wins as losses. This year.

But at 0-7 and a 6 plus plus ERA in mid May, things are looking grim.

But, things could be worse.

We all know how bad things could be.

You could be a former Athletic named Jose Canseco. There are fates worse than death.

Peace in the Middle East, God bless the Sichuanese and Burmese, and roger this Clinch

OUTIE PANDOWDIE.

That

means

see ya.

*2002 or so. +Mark Mulder! Tnx so much!