Did the Giants give Zito the worst contract ever?

**vols kick balls** · 04-27-2008, 03:40 PM

They paid a crap load for an extremely terrible pitcher. He cant throw a strike to save his life.

Vercingetorix · 04-27-2008, 08:09 PM

Huge, long-term contracts for pitchers usually turn out badly. Not usually so soon, though.

**vols kick balls** · 04-27-2008, 08:12 PM

7 years 126 million for a pitcher that is 0-6, can't command his pitches and has below average velocity. That big bender he used to throw up there isn't even close to what it once was either. He could lose 20 games this year and the bad thing is he will only get worse.

Vercingetorix · 04-27-2008, 08:26 PM

Zito had not been a particularly good pitcher for three years when the Giants signed him. Maybe the A's blew through his arm in his early 20s because they knew they weren't going to re-sign him. Regardless, just looking at his stats should have told the Giants that they were buying a pitcher in decline. They deserve it.

JTrainDavis · 04-28-2008, 02:42 PM

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Originally Posted by Vercingetorix

Zito had not been a particularly good pitcher for three years when the Giants signed him. Maybe the A's blew through his arm in his early 20s because they knew they weren't going to re-sign him. Regardless, just looking at his stats should have told the Giants that they were buying a pitcher in decline. They deserve it.

The Dude · 04-28-2008, 09:55 PM

Just saw where guitar boy's going to the pen.

TennesseeFan07 · 04-29-2008, 03:43 PM

San Fransisco is looking mighty stupid right about now

**GAVol** · 04-29-2008, 05:42 PM

I'd say that contracts given to Kevin Brown, Chan Ho Park and Mike Hampton have to be right up there.

Of course, my personal favorite was the infamous Nick Esasky contract.

droski · 04-29-2008, 06:02 PM

two words: darren dreifort

**hatvol96** · 04-29-2008, 06:21 PM

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I'd say that contracts given to Kevin Brown, Chan Ho Park and Mike Hampton have to be right up there.

Of course, my personal favorite was the infamous Nick Esasky contract.

Vertigo.

**hatvol96** · 04-29-2008, 06:22 PM

Eric Milton and Damion Easley come to mind.

Vercingetorix · 04-29-2008, 07:45 PM

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Of course, my personal favorite was the infamous Nick Esasky contract.

You have a really annoying habit of bringing up all these memories that I've spent well over a decade trying to block.

**GAVol** · 04-29-2008, 11:14 PM

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You have a really annoying habit of bringing up all these memories that I've spent well over a decade trying to block.

Like it's difficult to come up with miserable memories of being an Atlanta sports fan in the 1980s?

**hatvol96** · 04-29-2008, 11:18 PM

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Like it's difficult to come up with miserable memories of being an Atlanta sports fan in the 1980s?

The Hawks were good in the '80s. However, choking away Game 6 of the '88 Eastern Conference semifinals to Boston is second only to the collapse against the Cowboys in the playoffs after the 1980 season by the Falcons in debilitating effect on the Atlanta sports populace.

**GAVol** · 04-29-2008, 11:24 PM

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The Hawks were good in the '80s.

The Hawks had to work hard to create such an apathetic fan base between the contract they gave Jon Koncak, trading away Dominique Wilkins and then having Danny Manning walk out on them, signing complete dogs like JR Rider, Ken Norman, Glen Robinson etc.