After seeing San Francisco Giants pitcher Barry Zito appear in the team’s It Gets Better video, I was reminded of the great cartoon Dylan Edwards did for us back in 2002 when Zito was with the Oakland As. I thought the cartoon perfectly captured the stereotypes gays and straights have about sexual orientation and figured [...]
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San Francisco Giants release It Gets Better video with Barry Zito and others
The San Francisco Giants have released the It Gets Better video they said was in the works. And they didn’t hold back. Superstar Barry Zito is the featured player in the video, along with players Matt Cain, Sergio Romo, Andres Torres, and also Giants hitting coach Hensley “Bam Bam” Muelens. The message includes English, Spanish and [...]
Sports Tweets of the Week, real and fake
Before we get to my choices for this week’s favorite messages, some Twitter news. This past week St. Louis Cardinals manager Tony LaRussa quickly settled a lawsuit he filed against Twitter over a user that claimed to be LaRussa. I don’t know why a lawsuit was necessary. Surely if he had merely asked, Twitter would [...]
Barry Zito, male model
Pitcher Barry Zito has been mediocre since coming to the San Francisco Giants two years ago via free agency (a 21-30 record with an ERA of around 5), but he can supplement his $126 million contract with a new gig as a jeans model. According to clothing company True Religion, the city needs a huge [...]