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Article: San Jose Mercury News, Calif., Ann Killion column: Giants bring aboard Zito to exterminate scandal-infested image.
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- San Jose Mercury News (San Jose, CA)
- Article date:
- January 7, 2007
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Byline: Ann Killion
Jan. 7--Barry Zito put on his black Giants cap and held up his cream No. 75 jersey last week, but he might as well have donned coveralls and a respirator and held up a fumigator. Because Zito was hired as much to be the Orkin Man as he was to pitch baseball games.
Actually, even more so.
This Barry has been hired to rid the Giants of their infestation from the other Barry. The Giants finally, belatedly, get it. They may have finally figured out the damage they've done to their franchise, their brand name, their tradition.
"He will be representing the organization on a long-term basis in the way we want to be ...