Zito to Giants

Armchair_QB · Dec 29, 2006

hockeybeat said:

lantaur said:

hockeybeat said:

I was out in SF earlier this month. The Chronicle reported that the Giants had offered Zito six years, $100 million during the Winter Meetings.

I never thought he was going to leave the Bay Area. He's seems really comfortable there, and I'm not sure he'd be all that happy in a bigger market (NY, Boston, Chicago).
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If the Yankees offered him, say, $200 million, I think he would have done his best to be plenty comfortable. The bottom line, as always, is the bottom line - he took the best deal offered to him.
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I think he'd try to be comfortable, but I'm not sure he's a guy that'd like dealing with the increased media and fan scrutiny in New York or Boston or Chicago. In SF, he can have shit starts and not much will be said. Two or three shit starts in a row in NY, and there will be whispers that he's a bust.
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If by "whispers" you mean headlines like ZITO IS A PUSSY then I agree.

casty33 · Dec 29, 2006

I give the Giants credit for tryng. But it goes without saying that a seven-year contract for any pitcher is a mistake. Witness Kevin Brown and Mike Hampton. I can't blame the Mets for refusing to go that long on a contract. They'll find another pitcher somewhere.

CradleRobber · Dec 29, 2006

What's sad is that he could have still been the most loved Athletic of all time if he had signed with ANY of the other 28 teams. As if A's fans and Giants fans really needed something else to hate each other about.

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