Monday, April 9, 2012

Zito and Figgins.

...and just like that hell hath froze over.

I'm waiting for the Mariners to kick off their series against Yu Darvish and the Texas Bitches, and I noticed that the Giants are blanking the Rockies. Oh man, blanking Tulo? Who is pitching?

Imagine my shock when I noticed the starting pitcher wasn't named Lincicum, nor Cain or Bumgarner. Nope, the pitcher currently mowing down Rockies like harmless blades of grass is none other than Barry Zito.

The very same Barry Zito who signed the most lucrative contract for a pitcher ever back in 2005. He is also the same Zito who has rewarded the Giants with only 43 wins in 5 seasons. All that under consideration, he is the very same Barry Zito that I have always hoped would end up in Seattle to repair his career ( I had wrote a piece last year that never got posted about how soft tossing lefties rebound very nicely in Seattle).

If Barry Zito finishes off this shut out then baseball fans can officially start panicking about the pending Mayan debacle. Because on the other side of the league, Chone Figgins has gone from my most hated player ever to someone who has 7 hits in his first four games. Including back to back 3 hit nights.

I'm working on thinking positively, so I will assume Chone Figgins return to a leadoff role can also remind him how to bat around .300. If he does this, the Mariners can realize my self proposed goal for them- stay competitive till I can start writing about the Seahawks.

Go Mariners!