Credit Where Credit Is Due

So he's still winless on the season and boasts a VORP lower than Andruw Jones (!) but we at the Dub-C Bias would like recognize (belatedly, sorry Barry) Barry Zito's not-quite-quality-but-not-that-bad-either start on May 7th. Over 5 innings BZ held the Pirates to a pair of runs on a jack by X Nady and was, for the most part, effective. Sure, the Giants lost the game but that's not too shabby for a guy who the ever conservative (and truly amazing) Buster Olney wrote in his blog from Wednesday:

"Makes you wonder if what the Giants really wanted to do was keep Zito from making his next start in front of the displeased home folks."

Not a bad call, Buster. Still, 5 innings, 2 ER never looked so good.