Obligatory Barry Zito Post

Today, Barry Zito is front page news in the San Francisco Chronicle:

Barry Zito always prided himself on his mental strength and his crafty pitching. Now he's having trouble with both....

"Barry's the most conscientious and caring of guys. That's a burden you have to manage," said sports psychologist Harvey Dorfman, who lists Zito as a client. "You care too much, and 'too' is a deadly word. 'I try too hard.' No good. 'Too' is a killer. It means excessive."

How did Zito fall into the deepest hole of his career? More important to Giants fans, can he climb out?

Jayson Stark devotes several paragraphs to Zito today in his April "Rumblings and Grumblings":

So we posed this question: How much money would the Giants have to pay of Zito's remaining $112.5 million or so to get somebody -- anybody -- interested?

"The Giants would have to eat 80 percent -- I'm talking $80-90 million," the official replied. "But they'd never do that. If that's what they'd have to eat, they might as well just let the guy keep being horse[feathers]."

There's more to it. So read on.