Barry Zito, Former MLB Pitcher
Sports Spectrum Podcast
Sports Spectrum
5 • 661 Ratings
🗓️ 23 October 2019
⏱️ 39 minutes
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Summary
Episode 390
Barry Zito pitched for 15 seasons in the Major Leagues from 2000-2006 with the Oakland A's, 2007-2013 with the San Francisco Giants and again in 2015 with the Oakland A's.
He was selected in the first round of the 1999 MLB Draft by Oakland (6th overall) and made his MLB debut a year later in July of 2000.
In 2002, he won 23 games and earned the American League Cy Young Award. In 2007, he would sign a $100 million dollar contract with the San Francisco Giants and would go on to be a part of two World Series championship teams in 2010 and 2012.
The three-time All-Star won 165 career games and retired following the 2015 season.
He is now a musician, releasing his first EP in 2017 (NO SECRETS) and in September of 2019, he released his first book, "CURVEBALL."
On this episode of the podcast, we talk to Barry about his MLB career, how baseball became his God, seeing his parents both come to faith before their death and how God turned his life around and gave him true fulfillment.
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to Sports Spectrum, the Sports and Faith podcast that brings Jesus back into the conversation. |
| 0:17.0 | Here's your host, Jason Romano. |
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| 1:47.2 | Really excited to have Barry Zito on the podcast today. |
| 1:50.7 | If you're a baseball fan, you know who Barry Zito is. |
| 1:54.3 | He was selected in the first round of the 1999 MLB draft by the Oakland A's. |
| 2:00.1 | He made his debut a year later, July 22nd, 2000 against Anaheim and played |
| 2:05.7 | with the A's for seven seasons from 2000 to 2006. He won the 2002 AL-Sai Young Award 23 and 5 with a 275 |
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