Zito Finally Wins One (Page 1 of 2)

I hear ya Dawg man,

Where's the incentive for a guy signed for 126mil?
You know hes not selling insurance in the off season to make ends meet or caring about the $4+ price of gas. Nope, he'll go out and pitch every 5th day or so and hope for the best and try to not stub his toe on his way to the bank. All in the name of sport?- I mean entertainment. A day at the park for 4= probally $500. When I was a kid we used to save up a couple of coupons from the back of milk cartons and get into the park(shea) for free.
Life was simpler back then.

Barefoot in the grass
Jack

P.S. What time's the game today?

The crazy thing is that Zito became the barometer that most good pitchers used when negotiating contract renewals.
Carlos Zambrano is looking like a steal comparatively, although at the time he re-signed I didn't think he was worth it.

Wouldn't we all.

                                                                                Think Gr$$n,

                                                                                J Dawg

and last time I checked, they were getting along just fine without him.

As an A's fan, let me clarify that the A's were not going to sign Zito.
Had nothing to do with coin, had to do with his deterioration.  He was free to go wherever he wanted.

Let me clarify since you forgot to put this in your "clarification" :  you also said in the above quote "knowing full well the A's didn't have the COIN to compete with the other suitors."  You didn't just say he had nothing left in the tank. 

That is a misleading statement in regards to the A's, as the A's were not going to keep Zito period.  It had zero to do with his other offers.

As an A's fan, I just wanted to set the record straight it had nothing to do with money as you implied.

That's all the game IS about is money and the A's can't compete because they don't put butts in the seats. I still have the pennant they gave away thanking the 2 million fans that showed up in the 1988 season. That was twenty years ago and even though the A's have drawn 2 million a number of years since then it takes 4 million like the Yankees draw to bankroll a team of free agents these days. Perhaps when the A's open their new stadium they'll sell out on a more consistent basis, we'll just have to wait and see. I'm not dissin' the A's and this isn't a flippin' argument (R.C.), it's just the state of affairs as baseball goes these days in the East Bay. Barry Zito isn't the real villian in my opinion, it's his bloodsucking agent and the owners who keep shelling out this kind of money. Where will it all end?????????????

                                                                                                 Think Green,

                                                                                                 J Dawg

Ya see you went off topic.

I wasn't talking about baseball in the East Bay or Baseball in general.  I was specifically talking about Zito and his signing.

I wasn't making an argument, I was trying to show the exact circumstances in regards to the A's and Zito.  Not any of the other A's affairs, just Zito.  Very simply, he mentioned Coin and it had nothing to do with it in that circumstance in regards to Zito.  In fact, the A's were trying to trade Zito.  As an Oakland fan, then you must know they are rebuilding with younger players and prospects.