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Riding Giant
San Francisco pitcher Barry Zito on surfing, traveling, and career-ending shark attacks

By Gordy Megroz


The storyline on San Francisco Giants pitcher Barry Zito generally goes something like this: He throws arguably the best curveball in the game, but he's a bit of a flake who surfs, does yoga to stay in shape, mountain-bikes during spring training, and takes his guitar on the road with him. If that's flaky, then maybe we're not as cool as we thought (quite possible). And with his new seven-year, $126 million contract—the richest ever for a pitcher—the 29-year-old San Diego native should be able to afford some epic surf trips in the off-season. GORDY MEGROZ recently caught up with Zito to discuss his dual nature.

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Does anyone have good BitTorrent sites for downloading music? I usually use Mininova, but it didn't have The Pierces. (I really liked their song "Secret" that they played during Gossip Girl.)

Why doesn't Peter Petrelli just read Adam Monroe's mind?

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