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Today Barry Zito called the Gary Radnich show to defend himself over Gary criticism. The highlight is when Zito says he's falling in love with himself.

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by delorean on Sep 29, 2008 2:33 PM PDT reply actions   0 recs

Wow, that was weird

Mr. Zito woke up on the wrong side of bed this morning and decided it was a great time to call Gary Radnich. I’m sure the Giants PR team is thrilled.

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by Kitspool on Sep 29, 2008 3:24 PM PDT reply actions   0 recs

Also:

I like how Zito referred to Amy G as “eloquent.” Gary did a nice double-take there.

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by Kitspool on Sep 29, 2008 3:39 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

hmmmm...

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by SoFa King Mike on Sep 29, 2008 3:42 PM PDT reply actions   0 recs

Billy Sadler?

There amass been plenty of articles written this spring about the stud shortstop Matt Cain and Tim Lincecum , as well as the fluid young outfielders and thirteen basemen Kevin Frandsen.
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by Natto on Sep 29, 2008 5:28 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

I can't stand

how awkward and uncomfortable that conversation is.

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by SloIsLonelyForTheOrange on Sep 29, 2008 3:43 PM PDT reply actions   0 recs

You want me to listen to Barry Zito AND Gary Radnich?

What kind of sadist are you???

My Dave Righetti is better than your Dave Righetti.

by howtheyscored on Sep 29, 2008 4:00 PM PDT reply actions   0 recs

That was a conversation I could not get through. It was too long and awkward and there was zero reason for it to ever take place.

by out machine on Sep 29, 2008 4:40 PM PDT reply actions   0 recs

hmm

Claims he had an offer for 14 mil more…

Less arm, more talk. Raisingcain is a GAMER.
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by raisingcain on Sep 29, 2008 4:58 PM PDT reply actions   0 recs

But he chose us! Yay!

..so allow me to present Tim Lincecum and Matt Cain as two sweet, sweet bottles of warming hooch.

by Cookyman on Sep 29, 2008 5:45 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

We should feel lucky to even have him!

by chilibean_3 on Sep 29, 2008 9:13 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

The interview/conversation got better towards the end. The first part of it was tough to take, I turned it off twice, but all anyone else was talking about was our wonderfully sound economy, so I ended up going back to KNBR.

by Merope on Sep 29, 2008 5:16 PM PDT reply actions   0 recs

I'm so confused...

Barry’s falling in love with himself?…why does Gary keep on bringing up the economy?….Did Zito just compare himself to Lincoln?

..so allow me to present Tim Lincecum and Matt Cain as two sweet, sweet bottles of warming hooch.

by Cookyman on Sep 29, 2008 6:00 PM PDT reply actions   0 recs

The whole thing didn’t make sense to me

Giants! Giants! HELP US GOD!

by j14 on Sep 29, 2008 9:54 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Is this real?

"While conservatives tell you 'leave things alone and no one will lose,' and liberals tell you 'interfere a lot and no one will lose,' baseball says 'someone will lose.' Not only says it - but insists upon it! ... Democracy is lovely, but baseball's more mature." BVCE supports SF Dugout and Manny Burriss.

by BaronVonCurrentEvents on Sep 29, 2008 6:28 PM PDT reply actions   0 recs

Well, with those blue-jean-modeling good looks, who wouldn’t?

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by groug on Sep 29, 2008 10:52 PM PDT reply actions   0 recs

Uh, weird

 Barry’s claim that he was the Lincecum of 6 years ago may be a little inflated, but it’s another reminder of how far he has fallen. I just thought of Zito’s Game 1 ALDS duel vs. Santana a mere 2 yrs ago. I remember how unabashedly excited he was at winning that game, and again it reminds me of how far and how quickly he has fallen. Now he’s so far from the playoffs, he’s got nothing better to do than to call KNBR the day after the season ends.

by ho-hum baby on Sep 29, 2008 11:25 PM PDT reply actions   0 recs

Yeah, Timmy right now is better than Zito ever was. If Tim takes off for a huge contract somewhere else and doesn’t perform, of course he’ll get booed. Zito just doesn’t get it.

by chilibean_3 on Sep 30, 2008 8:43 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

And Radnich...

What does he do between 9 AM and noon again? I think he might’ve mentioned it in the Zito conversation once or twice or 10 times.
(But I did like how he tagged his colleague Michael Urban for the embarrassing Zito suck-ups in all those weekend interviews.)

by ho-hum baby on Sep 29, 2008 11:30 PM PDT reply actions   0 recs

Zito is delusional.

I’m glad he’s exercised his suck muscle thoroughly this year. It will be stronger next year!

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by xanthan on Sep 30, 2008 5:39 AM PDT reply actions   0 recs

I’m also glad I can’t write gud.

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by xanthan on Sep 30, 2008 5:39 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

There's no way I can actually listen to this

But, did he at any point say, “I just can’t quit myself”?

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by marcello on Sep 30, 2008 9:54 AM PDT reply actions   0 recs

Failing in love again
Never wanted to
What am I to do?
Can’t help it

by satyricrash on Sep 30, 2008 10:17 AM PDT reply actions   0 recs

He’s a single guy that has been told he is the center of the universe his whole life. So he has some maturing to do…. I got what he was trying to say. Radnich and co has been ragging for how long? Radnich always pulls his I am a normal guy with kids and after 12 noon I love you ask anyone routine. Well most of us don’t have lunch with you Gary. Apparently Zito doesn’t either.

by robbgin on Sep 30, 2008 1:02 PM PDT reply actions   0 recs

Ever fallen in love with someone you shouldn’t have fallen in love with?

My Dave Righetti is better than your Dave Righetti.

by howtheyscored on Sep 30, 2008 1:35 PM PDT reply actions   0 recs

Sounds like the tagline for the latest Dane Cook movie.

There amass been plenty of articles written this spring about the stud shortstop Matt Cain and Tim Lincecum , as well as the fluid young outfielders and thirteen basemen Kevin Frandsen.
comics | cartoons | Nattowear | McFAQ

by Natto on Sep 30, 2008 1:40 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

I went out with someone to th emovire recently. When she expressed desire to see the latest Dane Cook movie, I knew it wasn’t meant to be.

by chilibean_3 on Sep 30, 2008 1:48 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Don’t know why my fingers went stupid while typing that.

by chilibean_3 on Sep 30, 2008 1:49 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Probably because anytime Dane Cook comes up, stupidity follows.

There amass been plenty of articles written this spring about the stud shortstop Matt Cain and Tim Lincecum , as well as the fluid young outfielders and thirteen basemen Kevin Frandsen.
comics | cartoons | Nattowear | McFAQ

by Natto on Sep 30, 2008 1:54 PM PDT up reply actions   1 recs

Buzzcocks reference FTW

you’re makin’ out with school kids, winos and heads of state.
you even made it with the lady, who puts the little plastic bobins on the christmas cakes.
butchers’ assistants and bellhops, you’ve had them all here and there.
children of god and their joy-strings, international women with no body hair.

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by victor frankenstein on Sep 30, 2008 3:22 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Sad

But true.

My condolences.

"While conservatives tell you 'leave things alone and no one will lose,' and liberals tell you 'interfere a lot and no one will lose,' baseball says 'someone will lose.' Not only says it - but insists upon it! ... Democracy is lovely, but baseball's more mature." BVCE supports SF Dugout and Manny Burriss.

by BaronVonCurrentEvents on Sep 30, 2008 7:53 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

in love with someone you shouldna fallen in love with…

Billy Hayes: His job is better than yours.

by delorean on Sep 30, 2008 2:42 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

highlight reel:

“i’ve been to the depths of hell: I’ve been sent to the bullpen” – Barry Zito, 2008

“‘evil’ is too dramatic” — advantage gary radnich if that’s possible

“everybody works their ass off” — you go gary

“my biggest fault was signing this contract…and buying into all this crap.” fuck you, Zito.

“selfishness is something that people underestimate the importance of” — whoa, Zito, holy shit, now way you just said that. Gary’s guffaws are worth listening to.

In Summation, according to Barry Z: If everybody here on teh MCC would just love himself/herself, nobody would care how shitty the Giants and Zito are.

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by The Gene Hackman on Sep 30, 2008 1:59 PM PDT reply actions   0 recs

selfishness is something that people underestimate the importance of

Can’t disagree with him on that.

If I loved myself anymore, I wouldn’t have to time to follow the Giants. I guess he’s got me there.

by chilibean_3 on Sep 30, 2008 2:13 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

I heard that howtheyscored loves himself, like, 5 times a day.

..so allow me to present Tim Lincecum and Matt Cain as two sweet, sweet bottles of warming hooch.

by Cookyman on Sep 30, 2008 3:16 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Only when I can’t get to sleep, though. Which is often.

My Dave Righetti is better than your Dave Righetti.

by howtheyscored on Sep 30, 2008 3:48 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Cringefest

They say some players get out of bed hitting; Pablo Sandoval doesn't wait that long

by bgunn on Sep 30, 2008 2:28 PM PDT reply actions   0 recs

I enjoyed that.

Stop hating on Zito. So what if he’s falling in love with himself? If that’s what it takes for him to pitch well, then so be it.

"Just another ahahahaha... laugher."

by capnk on Sep 30, 2008 4:54 PM PDT reply actions   0 recs

If that’s what it takes for him to pitch well, then so be it.

Hint: It’s not.

Catcher are base running. Hitters are offense.

by thehavenot on Sep 30, 2008 6:00 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

LOL

at work

"They can trade me," Bonds said. "I don't think they will, though. It's not like I want to be traded, man. I'm a Giant. I'm stuck here till the end."

by GameSix on Oct 3, 2008 2:46 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

what it would take him to pitch is some real talent

which he no longer has

and i will hate on him as much as i want

forget the fact that he cant pitch….he is an airhead

by bacci40 on Oct 1, 2008 12:38 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Well, it seems you're not really getting what the problem is with Zito.

He’s just not a very good pitcher any more. Not consistently, at least.

Everything with the guy is mental and he doesn’t have the stuff to be a top-level pitcher now. If anything, it’s questionable whether or not he even has the stuff to be an above-average one.

Hint: falling in love with himself is not going to turn him into a 20-game, sub-4 ERA pitcher again. It’s going to take a lot more than whatever crap he puts in his head.

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by Flashfire on Oct 1, 2008 9:07 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Maybe if he didn't love himself so much,

maybe if he hated himself a bit more, he might be more motivated to improve himself?

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by rfloh on Oct 1, 2008 1:45 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

The Hall of Famer

I was waiting for Zito to drop a “you people don’t know what its like to be great” ala Rick Barry.

by faust10 on Sep 30, 2008 5:05 PM PDT reply actions   0 recs

Wow…you think people in New York would like him?

by KingofDucks1987 on Sep 30, 2008 11:06 PM PDT reply actions   0 recs

*rubs eyes*

*reads *
*rubs eyes again *

There amass been plenty of articles written this spring about the stud shortstop Matt Cain and Tim Lincecum , as well as the fluid young outfielders and thirteen basemen Kevin Frandsen.
comics | cartoons | Nattowear | McFAQ

by Natto on Oct 1, 2008 1:06 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

If you try to take it very literally, and assume the word “the” should be an “a”, I think it makes more sense.

My Dave Righetti is better than your Dave Righetti.

by howtheyscored on Oct 1, 2008 7:05 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Yeah, but then you would be changing what baybruin415 wrote

I think it’s just more likely he/she left off some words by accident. I think “who hosts a sports radio show from 9:00-noon weekdays on 680 KNBR” was supposed to come after what he/she typed.

Catcher are base running. Hitters are offense.

by thehavenot on Oct 1, 2008 11:41 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Even then I have my doubts.

There amass been plenty of articles written this spring about the stud shortstop Matt Cain and Tim Lincecum , as well as the fluid young outfielders and thirteen basemen Kevin Frandsen.
comics | cartoons | Nattowear | McFAQ

by Natto on Oct 1, 2008 11:47 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Why doesn't Barry give back some money to the Giants as a sign of good faith???

Screw the Unions!!!!

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by Mordy From Monsey on Oct 1, 2008 6:32 PM PDT reply actions   0 recs

That interview reminded me of the old song...

When I think about you I touch myself!!!

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by Mordy From Monsey on Oct 1, 2008 6:33 PM PDT reply actions   0 recs

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