Talk:Barry Zito

Quotations - source
Looks like a lot of the quotations are directly from the intermediate source: http://www.baseball-almanac.com/quotes/barry_zito_quotes.shtml

Don't have time to do it properly but someone might (or I might do it later). gohlkus 22:58, 28 December 2006 (UTC)

2007-Present
Um... clearly something wrong here. Someone switched out the legit text from the article cited. Too sleepy to fix it, but I thought I'd flag it. Kbklynish (talk) 06:59, 26 April 2009 (UTC)

Trivia
This article has a huge amount of trivia, much of which isn't sourced. And even when it is sourced, it's completely irrelevant to the article. I'm just mentioning it here because I don't really feel like working on it, but I will if no one else does. I'm just hoping someone will go ahead and do it. :P Faithlessthewonderboy 10:36, 28 July 2007 (UTC)
 * Welcome to Wikipedia..that's what's on offer here. If you want substantial information that is sourced, go to a real encyclopedia or to a baseball web page. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 110.74.222.193 (talk) 19:02, 15 November 2013 (UTC)

"...worst signing in baseball history."
The source for this is dead...and I can't find anything to suggest that any reliable sources his contract the "worst." I see Kevin Brown, Mike Hampton, Mo Vaughn, and Darren Drefort. I don't see "many." In fact, most sources; ESPN, Sports Illustrated, and a ton of amateur blogs out there pick the Hampton contract as the worst. I see very few which pick Zito as the worst. Therefore, I'm going to go ahead and fudge with the wording.ColorOfSuffering (talk) 07:00, 2 July 2009 (UTC)

World Series in infobox
Zito was not on the postseason roster for the 2010 World Series. You are invited to join the discussion at Wikipedia_talk:WikiProject_Baseball to determine if World Series should be listed in a player's infobox if he was not on the team's postseason roster.—Bagumba (talk) 17:48, 5 November 2012 (UTC)
 * As an update, the relevant discussion has been archived at Wikipedia_talk:WikiProject_Baseball/Archive_34. I hesitate to make any changes, so out of sheer laziness I will leave the current compromise as-is. 76.102.89.234 (talk) 04:57, 11 April 2013 (UTC)

#RallyZito hashtag
The piece states that the #RallyZito hashtag became a worldwide phenomenon on Twitter. This statement was clearly written by a Zito fan-boy who desperately needs his hero to have recognition. Baseball is not a worldwide sport, so Zito probably isn't known in the vast majority of the world. Even a Twitter hash tag doesn't a worldwide phenomenon make. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 110.74.222.193 (talk) 19:06, 15 November 2013 (UTC)

Copyright problem removed
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Assessment comment
Substituted at 09:02, 29 April 2016 (UTC)

Also part of the 2010 World Series championship team
He played for the Giants 2010 world championship team wasnt on world series roster but played the entire season with the Giants 2600:1700:75E2:0:C838:138B:462C:4702 (talk) 06:05, 15 August 2022 (UTC)