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ÁöÅä¿¡ ´ëÇÑ °íÂû (Zito Thoughts)
 ARAS    | 2007¡¤01¡¤16 09:27 | HIT : 2,224 | VOTE : 120


ÁöÅä¿¡ ´ëÇÑ °íÂû
Zito Thoughts

by Ken Arneson


³ª´Â ¸¹Àº A's ÆÒµé°ú´Â ´Þ¸® ÀÚÀ̾ðÃ÷¸¦ ½È¾îÇÏ´Â »ç¶÷Àº ¾Æ´Ï´Ù. ³ª´Â (³ë·¡°¡»çó·³) AT&T Park ¿¡ ¸¶À½À» µÎ°í ¿ÀÁø ¾Ê¾ÒÁö¸¸, ¸¸ÀÏ ÀÚÀ̾ðÃ÷°¡ Á» ´õ Èï¹ÌÁøÁøÇÑ ÆÀÀ̾ú´Ù¸é ³ª´Â ±×µéÀÇ °æ±â¸¦ º¸°í ÀÚÀ̾ðÃ÷¸¦ ÀÀ¿øÇÒ °ÍÀÌ´Ù. ÇÏÁö¸¸ ±×µéÀÌ ±×·¸Áö ¾Ê´Ù¸é, ³ª´Â ÀÚÀ̾ðÃ÷¸¦ ¹«½ÃÇÒ °ÍÀÌ´Ù.
I'm not a Giants hater like a lot of A's fans. I'll never leave my heart in AT&T Park, but if the Giants have an interesting team, I'll watch and root for them. If not, I'll ignore them.

Áö³­ ¸î³âµ¿¾È, ³ª´Â ¸¹Àº ¹«½Ã¸¦ °ÅµìÇØ¿Ô´Ù. 5ÇÒ ½Â·üµµ ¹ö°Å¿öº¸ÀÌ´Â ¸ð½ÀÀº ³ª¸¦ ¸Å·á½ÃŰÁö ¸øÇßÀ¸¸ç, ¹è¸® º»Áî°¡ °è¼ÓÇØ¼­ ½ºÆ®¶óÀÌÅ©Á¸ ¹Ù±ùÀ¸·Î ³ª°¡´Â °ø ³×°³¸¦ ÃÄ´Ùº¸´Â °Í¿¡ ½ÈÁõ³µ´Ù.
The past several years, I've been doing a lot of ignoring. Watching a bunch of has-been and never-was old farts play .500 ball doesn't turn me on. Nor does watching Barry Bonds take four pitches out of the strike zone over and over again.

ÃÖ±Ù ÀÚÀ̾ðÃ÷ ¼±¼öÁß ³»°¡ ÁÁ¾ÆÇÏ´Â ¼±¼ö°¡ µÎ¸íÀִµ¥, ¹Ù·Î Á¦À̽¼ ½´¹ÌÆ®¿Í ¿À¸¶ ºñÁîÄÌÀÌ ±× µÑÀÌ´Ù. ¿À¸¶ ºñÁîÄÌÀÌ À¯°Ý¼ö·Î ¶Ù´Â Àå¸éÀ» À§Çؼ­¶ó¸é ÇÏ·çÁ¾ÀÏ ¾É¾ÆÀÖÀ» ¼öµµ ÀÖ´Ù. ¸¸ÀÏ ¼ºÀûÀÌ ¾Æ´Ñ ¾ó¸¶³ª ¿¹¼úÀûÀÎ Ç÷¹À̸¦ ÆîÄ¡´Â°¡¸¦ µÎ°í µûÁö¸é, ¿À¸¶ ºñÁîÄÌÀº ¸í¿¹ÀÇ Àü´ç ÀÔ¼º 1¼øÀ§¶ó ÇÒ ¼ö ÀÖ´Ù. ±×¸¦ ÁöÄѺ¸´Â °ÍÀº Á¤¸» Áñ°Å¿î ÀÏÀÌ´Ù.
In recent years, the Giants have had only two players I've enjoyed watching--Jason Schmidt and Omar Vizquel. Oh man, I could sit and watch Omar Vizquel play shortstop for hours on end. If we judged players solely by their artistry instead of their statisticry, Omar Vizquel would be the first guy voted in the Hall of Fame. He is lovely to watch.

±×·¡¼­ ³ª´Â ¹è¸® ÁöÅä°¡ »÷ÇÁ¶õ½Ã½ºÄÚ ÀÚÀ̾ðÃ÷¿Í °è¾àÇÑ °Í¿¡ ±â»Ú´Ù. ³ª´Â ÁöÅäÀÇ Åõ±¸¸¦ º¸´Â °ÍÀ» ÁÁ¾ÆÇϸç, ÀÚÀ̾ðÃ÷ °ÔÀÓÀÌ ÇâÈÄ 5³âÁ¤µµ´Â Á» ´õ º¼¸¸ÇÑ °æ±â°¡ µÉ ¼ö Àֱ⿡ ¶ÇÇÑ ±â»Ú´Ù. ¹°·Ð, ÁöÅä´Â ³»°¡ ÁÁ¾ÆÇÑ ¶Ç ÇѸíÀÇ ¼±¼ö, Á¦À̽¼ ½´¹ÌÆ®¸¦ ´ëüÇÏ´Â °ÍÀ̱â´Â ÇÏÁö¸¸, ±×°ÍÀº °ÔÀÓÀ» Áñ±â´Â °üÁ¡¿¡¼­ º»´Ù¸é Å« Â÷ÀÌ´Â ¾ø´Ù. ´Ù¸¸, ÀÚÀ̾ðÃ÷°¡ ¸Ë ¸ð¸®½º¿ÍÀÇ °è¾à´ë½Å ½´¹ÌÆ®¿ÍÀÇ ¿¬Àå°è¾àÀ» ü°áÇß¾ú´Ù¸é ´õ ÁÁ¾ÒÀ» °ÍÀ̶ó´Â ¾Æ½¬¿òÀº ³²´Â´Ù.
So I'm actually pretty happy that Barry Zito signed with San Francisco. I love watching Zito pitch, and I'm happy that Giants games have immediately become a little more watchable every five days. Of course, Zito is replacing Schmidt, another player I like, so it's only a minor improvement on the watchability scale. Ah, if only the Giants had extended Schmidt instead of signing Matt Morris...



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¾î·µç, ¸ðµç Àü¹®°¡µéÀÌ µ¿ÀÇÇÏ´Â °Í ó·³, ÁöÅäÀÇ °è¾àÀº ³Ê¹« °úÇÑ ¾×¼öÀ̰í, Áö³ªÄ¡°Ô ±ä ¿¬¼ö¸¦ Æ÷ÇÔÇϰí ÀÖ´Ù. ÇÏÁö¸¸ Á¤¸» ±×·²±î? ÀÚÀ̾ðÃ÷¸¦ À§ÇÑ º¯(ܨ)À» ¸î°¡Áö µé¾îº¸µµ·Ï ÇÏÀÚ.
Of course, the pundits all agree that the contract is too big, for too many years. But is it? Is there actually a plan here? There are a few points in the Giants defense:


- ¿À¹öÆäÀÌÀÇ ±âÁØÀº ¾ó¸¶Àΰ¡? ¿ì¸®´Â ÀÚÀ̾ðÃ÷°¡ ¾ó¸¶³ª ¸¹Àº µ·À» ¾µ ¼ö ÀÖ´ÂÁö¿¡ ´ëÇØ 'Àý´ë' ¾Ë ¼ö ¾ø´Ù.
- How much is too much? We have absolutely no idea how much money the Giants have to spend.

- ¸¸ÀÏ ´ç½ÅÀÌ 7³â °è¾àÀ» Áã¾îÁÙ Åõ¼ö¸¦ Áö±¸¿¡¼­ ã°í ÀÖ´Ù¸é, ±×¸®°í ±× Åõ¼ö°¡ 7³âµ¿¾È ³»³» °Ç°­ÇÏ±æ ¹Ù¶õ´Ù¸é '´Ü Çѹøµµ µîÆÇÀ» °Å¸£Áö ¾ÊÀº' ¹è¸® ÁöÅä¾ß¸»·Î ´ç½ÅÀÌ Ã£´Â ¹Ù·Î ±× ¼±¼ö´Ù.
- If you're going to give any pitcher in the world a seven-year contract in hopes he stays healthy all seven years, Barry "Never Missed A Start" Zito is probably the guy you'd want to give it to.

- À̹ø °è¾àÀº ÀÚÀ̾ðÃ÷¿¡°Ô ÇâÈÄ Àþ°í °­ÇÑ ¼±¹ßÁøÀ» °¡Á®´ÙÁÙ °ÍÀÌ´Ù.
- This gives the Giants a solid young pitching staff for years to come.


2008³â ÀÚÀ̾ðÃ÷ ¼±¹ßÁøÀ» ¿¹»óÇØº¸¸é, 2006³â A's ÀÇ ¼±¹ßÁø°ú »ó´çÈ÷ ´à¾Ò´Ù´Â °ÍÀ» ¾Ë ¼ö ÀÖ´Ù.
This actually makes the Giants 2008 starting rotation look quite a bit like 2006 Oakland's. You've got:


1. ÁöÅä
Zito

2. ÀþÀº °­¼Ó±¸ Åõ¼ö (ÄÉÀÎ / Çϵç)
The star young flamethrower (Cain/Harden)

3. ¶Ç ÇѸíÀÇ ºü¸¥°ø Åõ¼ö (¸°½ºÄÄ / ÇÏ·»)
Another hard thrower (Lincecum/Haren)

4. ²Ï ±¦ÂúÀº ÀþÀº ÀÌ´×ÀÌÅÍ (¶ó¿ì¸® / ºí·£Æ°)
A crafty young inning eater (Lowry/Blanton)

5. ²Ï ±¦ÂúÀº ³ëÀå ÀÌ´×ÀÌÅÍ (¸ð¸®½º / ·Î¾ÆÀÌÀÚ)
A crafty old inning eater (Morris/Loaiza)



ÀÚÀ̾ðÃ÷°¡ Á¶¸¸°£ ´ë´ëÀûÀÎ ¸®ºôµù¿¡ µé¾î°£´Ù°í ÇßÀ»¶§ (±×¸®°í ±×µéÀÇ ÆÊ ½Ã½ºÅÛ¿¡ ¹®Á¦°¡ ¸¹´Ù´Â Á¡À» °¨¾ÈÇÒ¶§) ¼±¹ßÁøÀ» ÀÌó·³ Àþ°í, °­ÇÏ°Ô °¡Á®°¡´Â °Íº¸´Ù ´õ ³ªÀº ¹æ¹ýÀÌ Àִ°¡. ºÒÆæÁøÀº ¾î¶»°Ô ±Ü¾î¸ð¾Æ Àç°ÇÇÒ ¼ö ÀÖ°í, ±¦ÂúÀº ŸÀÚµé ¶ÇÇÑ ¿äÇà ã¾Æ³¾ ¼öµµ ÀÖÀ» °ÍÀÌ´Ù. ÇÏÁö¸¸ À§·ÂÀûÀ̰í ÀþÀº ¼±¹ßÅõ¼öµéÀº ´ë´ÜÈ÷ ã±â ¾î·Æ´Ù.
Given that the Giants need to totally rebuild their team over the next few years, and have pretty much an empty farm system, what better way than to start by setting up a young, solid starting rotation? You can build a bullpen out of scrap, and probably find decent hitters under rocks, but good, young starting pitchers are really hard to find.

´Ù°¡¿À´Â 7¿ù, ¸¸ÀÏ ºê¶óÀ̾𠼼À̺ñ¾ðÀÌ ±×µéÀÇ Å¸¼ø¿¡ Æ÷ÇԵǾî ÀÖ´Â ³ªÀÌµç ³ëÀå ¼±¼öµéÀ» ÀþÀº ¼±¼ö¸¦ ¿µÀÔÇϱâ À§ÇØ Æ®·¹À̵å ÇÑ´Ù¸é, ³ª´Â ±×°Í¿¡ ¸÷½Ã °¨¸í¹ÞÀ» °ÍÀÌ´Ù.
Now if Brian Sabean can take these old farts currently in his everyday lineup, and trade them in July for younger parts--lather, rinse, repeat--I'll really be impressed.


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³ªµµ ¹Ý·Ðµé¿¡ ´ëÇØ¼­´Â ¾Ë°í ÀÖ´Ù. ÁöÅä´Â ¿¡À̽º°¡ ¾Æ´Ï´Ù. ´ë´ÜÇÑ(great) Åõ¼ö°¡ ¾Æ´Ï°í, ÁÁÀº(good) Åõ¼ö¶ó´Â °Í. ±×·¸±â ¶§¹®¿¡ ¿¡À̽º±Þ Åõ¼ö¿¡°Ô ÁöºÒÇÒ µ·À» ¹ÞÀ»¸¸ÇÑ ¼±¼ö°¡ ¾Æ´Ï¶ó´Â °Í. ±× µ·Àº ÁöÅ亸´Ù ´õ ³ªÀº ¼±¼ö¿¡°Ô »ç¿ëµÇ´Â °ÍÀÌ ÁÁÀ»»· Çß´Ù´Â °Íµµ.
I know the counterarguments. Zito is not an ace. He's good, not great, and therefore shouldn't get ace money. The money is better spent on better players than Zito.

³ª´Â ÁöÅä¿¡ ´ëÇÑ ÆÇ´ÜÁß¿¡ À̰Ϳ¡ ´ëÇØ¼­´Â °ø°¨ÇÑ´Ù. 'ÁöÅä´Â ¿¡À̽º°¡ ¾Æ´Ï´Ù. ´ë´ÜÇÑ Åõ¼ö°¡ ¾Æ´Ï°í, ÁÁÀº Åõ¼öÀÏ »ÓÀÌ´Ù'. ÇÏÁö¸¸, ±×¿Ü¿¡ ³»°¡ °ø°¨Ä¡ ¾Ê´Â »ç½ÇÀ» ÁöÅÊÇÏ´Â Ã߷п¡ ´ëÇØ¼­´Â µ¿ÀÇÇÒ ¼ö ¾ø´Ù. ¹«¾ùÀÌ ±×·¯ÇÑÁö´Â ´ÙÀ½Àå¿¡¼­ ¾Ë¾Æº¸µµ·Ï ÇÏÀÚ.
I agree with that conclusion about Zito: he's not an ace. He's good, not great. However, I disagree with nearly every argument I've heard, including many from writers I respect, supporting that conclusion. I'll get to that in my next (non-photo-outtake) blog entry.




"ÁöÅä´Â ÀÌÁ¦ ¹«³ÊÁö±â ½ÃÀÛÇß´Ù. ±×´Â Ç϶ô¼¼ÀÌ´Ù. ±×µ¿¾ÈÀº ¿îÀÌ ÁÁ¾ÒÀ» »ÓÀ̸ç, ÀÌÁ¦ Ãß¶ôÇϰí ÀÖ´Ù."
"Barry Zito is going to start sucking any day now. He's in decline. He's been lucky. He's losing it."

³ª´Â À§¿Í °°Àº '¼ýÀÚÀïÀÌ' µéÀÇ ÁÖÀåÀ» 4³âÀüºÎÅÍ µé¾î¿Ô´Ù. ³ª´Â ±× ´ç½Ã¿¡µµ ¹ÏÁö ¾Ê¾ÒÁö¸¸, Áö±Ýµµ ±× ÁÖÀåÀ» ¹ÏÁö¾Ê±â´Â ¸¶Âù°¡ÁöÀÌ´Ù.
I've been hearing words to that effect from the numbercrunchers for about four years now. I didn't believe it then, and I don't really believe it now, either.

¸®Ä¡ ·¹´õ·¯´Â ´ÙÀ½°ú °°Àº ÁÖÀåÀ» Çß´Ù.
Rich Lederer described the issue well:


ÁöÅäÀÇ ½Å·Úµµ¿¡ ÀÖ¾î ±× ½ÇÁúÀûÀÎ ¹æ¾îÀ²Àº ±×ÀÇ PECOTA Projection ó·³, FIP ¿Í DIPS °è»êÀ» ÅëÇØ °è¼Ó ¹«½ÃµÇ¾îÁ³´Ù. ±×´Â ÀÌ ºÐ¼®¹ýÀÌ ¾Æ´Ï¶ó¸é ÁöÅä´Â ºÐ¸í Àß ´øÁø Åõ¼ö¿´´Ù.
To Zito's credit, his actual ERA has consistently defied his FIP and DIPS calculations, as well as his PECOTA projections. He is obviously doing something well that isn't being captured in these systems.


º£À̽ºº¼ ÇÁ·Î½ºÆåÅͽº(BP)·Î ³Ñ¾î°¡ »ìÆìº¸ÀÚ. ³×ÀÌÆ® ½Ç¹ö´Â ÁöÅäÀÇ °ú°Å ¹æ¾îÀ²À» ±×ÀÇ ¹Ì·¡ÀÇ ¼ºÀû¿¡ ´ëÀÔÇÑ´Ù¸é, ÀÌ °è¾àÀº ±×¸¸ÇÑ °¡Ä¡°¡ ÀÖ´Ù°í Çß´Ù. ¸¸ÀÏ ÁöÅäÀÇ º¸Á¶ ¼öÄ¡µéÀ» »ç¿ëÇÑ´Ù¸é, ±×ÀÇ ÁøÁ¤ÇÑ °¡Ä¡¿¡ ÀÚÀ̾ðÃ÷°¡ µ·À» µÎ¹è·Î ½èÀ» °ÍÀ̶ó°í ¸»Çß´Ù. ±×ÀÇ ÁÖÀåÀ» »ìÆìº¸ÀÚ.
Over at Baseball Prospectus, Nate Silver found that if you use Zito's past ERA as a predictor of his future ERA, his new contract is actually worth the money. If you use his peripheral numbers, the Giants are paying double what he's actually worth. Silver writes:


¹æ¾îÀ²ÀÌ '°ú°Å µ¹¾Æº¸±â' ¿¡´Â ¸Å¿ì À¯¿ëÇÑ ¼öÄ¡¿´Áö¸¸, (¿¹¸¦ µéÀÚ¸é, »çÀÌ¿µ»óÀ» µûÁú¶§) '¹Ì·¡ ¿¹ÃøÇϱâ' ¿¡¼­´Â ±×´ÙÁö È¿À²ÀûÀÌÁö ¸øÇÏ´Ù. ¹Ý¸é¿¡ Åõ¼öÀÇ º¸Á¶ ¼ºÀûµéÀº °ú°ÅÀÇ ¹æ¾îÀ² ±× ÀÚüº¸´Ù ¹Ì·¡ÀÇ ¹æ¾îÀ²À» ¿¹°ßÇϴµ¥¿¡ ´õ Å« µµ¿òÀ» ÁÙ ¼ö ÀÖ´Ù.
But while ERA is a very useful backward-looking metric ? it's helpful in settling Cy Young Award debates, for example ? it's not such a good forward-looking metric. A pitcher's peripheral statistics predict ERA much better than past ERA itself.


³ª´Â ÀÌ ÁÖÀå¿¡ ´ëÇØ 99% ´Â µ¿ÀÇÇÑ´Ù. ÇÏÁö¸¸ ³ª´Â ÁöÅä°¡ ¿Ö ÀÌ·¯ÇÑ ±ÔÄ¢¿¡¼­ ¿­¿Ü°¡ µÇ¾î¾ß Çϴ°¡¿¡ ´ëÇØ »ý°¢Çغ¸¾Ò´Ù.
I'd agree with that 99% of the time, but I can think of several reasons why Zito may be an exception to the rule. Consider:

ÀÌ ½Ã½ºÅÛµéÀº ¸Å¿ì À¯»çÇÑ ¼±¼öµéÀÇ »ç½ÇÀ» ¹ÙÅÁÀ¸·Î ±× ¼ºÀûÀ» ¿¹°ßÇϰí ÀÖ´Ù. ÇÏÁö¸¸, ÁöÅä¿Í À¯»çÇÑ ¼±¼ö´Â ´©±¸¶õ ¸»Àΰ¡. ½ÌÄ¿-½½¶óÀÌ´õ Åõ¼ö´Â ÈçÇØºüÁ³°í, »õ·Î¿î °­¼Ó±¸ Åõ¼ö´Â ¸Å³â ³ªÅ¸³ª°í ÀÖ´Ù. ÇÏÁö¸¸ Á¿ÏÅõ¼ö·Î¼­ ¾öû³ª°Ô Å« ³«Â÷ÀÇ Ä¿ºê¸¦ °¡Áø ÁöÅä¿Í °°Àº Åõ¼ö´Â ±ØÈ÷ µå¹°´Ù. Â÷¶ó¸® ³ÊŬº¼ Åõ¼ö°¡ ´õ ã±â ½¬¿ï °ÍÀÌ´Ù.
These systems make predictions based on the fact that similar players perform similarly. But really, who is similar to Barry Zito? Sinker-slider pitchers are a dime-a-dozen, new flamethrowers appear every year, but a lefty with a big, tight curveball like Zito's are quite rare. Knuckleballers are probably more common sight.

³ª´Â Ä¿ºê¸¦ Åõ±¸ÀÇ ÇÙ½ÉÀ¸·Î »ï´Â ÆÐÅÏÀÌ ÁöÅä¿¡ ÀÖ¾î ¸Å¿ì µ¶Æ¯ÇÑ Á¡À̶ó°í »ý°¢ÇÑ´Ù. ÀÌ¿¡ ´ëÇØ¼­´Â 3Àå¿¡¼­ ¾Ë¾Æº¸µµ·Ï ÇϰڴÙ.
The curveball sets up a core pitching pattern that is unique, I believe, to Zito. More on this in part 3.

DIPS ¿Í FIP ´Â ¹æ¾îÀ² ±× ÀÚüº¸´Ù´Â ¹Ì·¡ÀÇ ¹æ¾îÀ²À» ¿¹°ßÇÑ´Ù´Â ¸é¿¡¼­ Á» ´õ °¡Ä¡ÀÖ´Â °è»ê¹ýÀÌ´Ù. ÇÏÁö¸¸ ÁöÅäÀÇ °æ¿ì, ±×ÀÇ ¹æ¾îÀ²Àº DIPS ¹æ¾îÀ²º¸´Ù ¸Å³â ´õ ³·¾ÒÀ¸¸ç, ¿ÀÂ÷¹üÀ§´Â Æò±ÕÀûÀ¸·Î 0.77 ¿¡ ´ÞÇÑ´Ù.
DIPS and FIP are supposed to be better predictors of future ERA than ERA itself, but in Zito's case, his ERA has been less than his DIPS ERA every single year, missing by an average of 0.77.



2004³âÀº ±×ÀÇ ¹æ¾îÀ²°ú DIPS °¡ ÀÏÄ¡Çϸç, ÁöÅ並 Æò¹üÇÑ Åõ¼ö·Î ¸¸µç ÇÑ ÇØÀÌ´Ù. ÇÏÁö¸¸ 2004³âÀº ÁöÅä °³Àο¡°Ô À־µµ »õ·Î¿î Åõ±¸ÆûÀ» ½ÃµµÇÑ ÇÑÇØ¿´´Ù. ±×ÀÇ ¸»¿¡ µû¸£¸é, Åõ±¸ÆûÀ» ¹Ù²Û °ÍÀº °Ç¿°Áõ¼¼°¡ ³ªÅ¸³²¿¡ µû¶ó ±×ÀÇ ¿ÞÂÊ ¹«¸­¿¡ ´ëÇÑ ¾Ð¹Ú°¨À» ÁÙÀ̱â À§ÇÔÀ̾ú´Ù.
2004 is the one year where his ERA and DIPS agree that Zito is a mediocre pitcher. But 2004 is also unique in that Zito tried a new delivery out of the stretch, standing more upright instead of hunched over. He did this, he said, to try to take some pressure off his left knee, in which he was apparently having some tendonitis.

·¹´õ·¯ÀÇ ÁÖÀåÀ» ´Ù½Ã »ìÆìº¸ÀÚ.
Again from Lederer:


°¡Àå µÎµå·¯Áö´Â ƯÀÌÁ¡Àº ÁöÅäÀÇ ¶Ù¾î³­ Batting Average on Balls in Play (BABIP) Åë»ê ¼öÄ¡¿¡ ÀÖ´Ù. ¸®±× Æò±ÕÀÌ .300 ¾ðÀú¸®¿´´ø °Í¿¡ ºñÇØ, ÁöÅäÀÇ BABIP ´Â .269 ¿¡ ºÒ°úÇß´Ù. ÁöÅä°¡ °¡Àå ºÎÁøÇß´ø 2004³â, ÁöÅäÀÇ BABIP ´Â 3ÇÒÀ̾ú°í, ´ç½Ã ±×ÀÇ ¹æ¾îÀ²Àº 4.48 À̾ú´Ù.
The most obvious abnormality is Zito's outstanding career Batting Average on Balls in Play (BABIP) of .269 (vs. a more normal league-wide rate of about .300). It should be noted that the one year (2004) in which Barry had a BABIP of .300, his ERA was 4.48.


±×°ÍÀÌ °Ç¿°¶§¹®¿¡ »ý±ä °ÍÀ̵ç, Åõ±¸ÆûÀ» ¹Ù²Û °Í¿¡¼­ ºñ·ÔµÈ °ÍÀ̵ç, ÁöÅäÀÇ BABIP °ü¸® ´É·ÂÀº 2004³â Ãʹݿ¡ °¨¼ÒµÇ¾ú´Ù. ´ç½Ã ±×ÀÇ Àü¹Ý±â BABIP ´Â ¹«·Á .317 ¿´´Ù. ÁöÅä´Â ¿Ã½ºÅ¸ ºê·¹ÀÌÅ© ÀÌÈÄ, º¯ÇüµÈ Åõ±¸ÆûÀ» ¹ö·È°í ´Ù½Ã ¿¹ÀüÀÇ ÆûÀ¸·Î ȸ±ÍÇß´Ù. ±×·¯ÀÚ ±×ÀÇ ÈĹݱâ BABIP ´Â 'ÁöÅ佺·¯¿î' .278 ·Î ³·¾ÆÁ³´Ù.
Whether it was the tendonitis or the altered delivery, Zito's usual ability to reduce BABIP vanished in early 2004. His BABIP in the first half of the season skyrocketed to .317. Zito abandoned this stretch delivery after the all-star break, and went back to his old one. His BABIP returned to a more Zito-like .278 in the second half.

¾Æ¸¶µµ AL ¸®±×°¡ ÀÚ½ÅÀÇ Åõ±¸ ÆÐÅÏÀÇ Çٽɿ¡ ´ëÇØ Àͼ÷ÇØÁ³´Ù°í ´À³¤ ÁöÅä´Â 2005³â, ÀÚ½ÅÀ» »õ·Ó°Ô '¸®´º¾ó' ÇÑ´Ù. 2004³âó·³ Åõ±¸ÆûÀ» ¹Ù²Ù´Â ¼±Åôë½Å, ±×´Â ½ÃÁð °³¸·°ú ÇÔ²² ÀÚ½ÅÀÇ Åõ±¸ ·¹ÆÛÅ丮¿Í (½½·¯ºê¿Í Åõ½É ÆÐ½ºÆ®º¼À» Ãß°¡Çß´Ù) Á¢±Ù¹æ¹ýÀ» º¯Çü½ÃÄ×´Ù.
Feeling that perhaps the league had gotten used to his core pitching pattern, Zito reinvented himself in 2005. Rather than change his delivery as he did in 2004, he changed both his pitching repertoire (adding a slurve and a two-seamer) and his approach at the beginning of that season.

2004³â°ú 2005³âÀÇ º¯È­´Â ÁöÅäÀÇ ºÐ¼®¿¡ ÀÖ¾î ´Ü¼­¸¦ Á¦°øÇϰí ÀÖ´Ù. ³»°Ô ÀÖ¾î, ÁöÅä´Â Å©°Ô '¼¼°¡Áö ¹öÀü' ÀÌ´Ù: 2000³âºÎÅÍ 2003³â±îÁö ¼¼°³ÀÇ ±¸Áú¸¸ °®Ãè´ø ÁöÅä, 2004³âÀÇ ½ÇÇèÀÌ ½ÇÆÐ·Î µ¹¾Æ°£ ÁöÅä. ±×¸®°í 2005³âºÎÅÍ 2006³â±îÁö ´Ù¼¸°¡Áö ±¸ÁúÀ» ÀåÂøÇÑ ÁöÅä. ¸¸ÀÏ ´ç½ÅÀÌ ÁöÅ並 ºÐ¼®ÇÔ¿¡ ÀÖ¾î 2004³âÀ» Æ÷ÇÔÇÑ´Ù¸é, ±âÇüÀûÀÎ °ÍÀ» Æ÷ÇÔÇÏ´Â °Í ¹Û¿¡ µÉ ¼ö ¾ø´Ù. ±×¸®°í ¸¸ÀÏ ´ç½ÅÀÌ Áö³­ µÎ ½ÃÁðÀ» »ìÆìº»´Ù¸é, ÃÖ±Ù °æÇâÀ» °¨ÁöÇϴµ¥¿¡ ÀÖ¾î ±× µÎ ½ÃÁðÀº ³Ê¹« Å« »ùÇÃÀϱî?
The changes during 2004 and 2005 make me suspect of any trend analyses of Zito. To me, there are basically three Zitos: the three-pitch Zito from 2000-03, the failed experiment of 2004, and the five-pitch Zito from 2005-06. If you include 2004 in the analysis, you're including an anomaly. And if you just look at the last two seasons, is two a big enough sample size to identify a trend?

³ª·Î ÇÏ¿©±Ý 'ÁöÅä´Â Ãß¶ôÇϰí ÀÖ´Ù' ¶ó´Â ÁÖÀå¿¡ ´ëÇØ ȸÀÇÀûÀÌ°Ô ÇÏ´Â °ÍÀº, ÃÖ±Ù ¸î³â°£ ÁöÅä°¡ '½½·Î¿ì ½ºÅ¸ÅÍ' ¿´±â ¶§¹®ÀÌ´Ù. ±×´Â 4¿ù¿¡´Â ÇüÆí¾ø´Â Åõ±¸¸¦ ÆîÃÆ°í, ¿©¸§ÀÌ °¡±î¿öÁ³À»¶§¾ß ºñ·Î¼Ò 'ÁöÅä´Ù¿î' ¸ð½ÀÀ¸·Î µ¹¾Æ°¬´Ù. ¿©±â ±×ÀÇ 4¿ù°ú 8¿ù ¹æ¾îÀ²ÀÇ Åë»ê ±â·ÏÀ» »ìÆìº¸ÀÚ.
Another thing that makes me skeptical of the "Zito is losing it" arguments is that in recent years, Zito has gotten off to slow starts. He's had horrible Aprils, and then afterwards, has settled down and had typical Zito performances throughout the summer months. Here are his career ERAs in April and August:



2002³â ÀÌÈÄ, ÁöÅä°¡ 5¿ùºÎÅÍ 8¿ù±îÁö ¹æ¾îÀ² 4.06 º¸´Ù ³ôÀº ¼öÄ¡¸¦ ±â·ÏÇÑ °ÍÀº ´Ü Çѹø¿¡ Áö³ªÁö ¾Ê°í, ±× 4.06 ¸¶Àúµµ '±âÇüÀûÀÎ' 2004³âÀÇ ÀÏÀ̾ú´Ù. ½ÃÁð Àüü¸¦ ³õ°í º¸ÀÚ¸é, ÁöÅä´Â ²ÙÁØÇÑ Åõ¼ö¿´´Ù.
Since 2002, only once has Zito had an ERA over 4.06 in any May-August month, and that was in the anomalous 2004. For the bulk of the season, Zito has been as steady as they come.

¸¸ÀÏ ¿©±â¿¡¼­ ¿ì·ÁÇÒ¸¸ÇÑ °ÍÀÌ ÀÖ´Ù¸é, ÃÖ±Ù 2³âµ¿¾È 9¿ùÀÇ ¹æ¾îÀ²ÀÌ 5.00 À» ³Ñ¾ú´Ù´Â °ÍÀε¥, À̰ÍÀº ÇǷεµ¸¦ °¡¸®Å°´Â °ÍÀÌ´Ù.
If there's one thing to be concerned about, it's that he has had ERAs over 5.00 each of the last two Septembers, which may indicate some fatigue.

- ÁöÅä¿¡ ´ëÇÑ ¸¹Àº ³í¶õÀº ÁöÅä°¡ ¿ÀŬ·£µå Äݸ®¼¼¿òÀÇ ½ÀÇÑ °ø±â¿Í ³ÐÀº ÆÄ¿ïÁö¿ªÀ¸·Î À̵æÀÌ ÀÖ¾ú´Ù´Â °ÍÀÌ´Ù. ÇÏÁö¸¸ ±×ÀÇ Åë»ê ¹æ¾îÀ²Àº ¿ÀŬ·£µå(3.66) º¸´Ù ¿øÁ¤°æ±â(3.44)°¡ ´õ ÁÁ¾Ò´Ù.
Many argue that Zito is a fly-ball pitcher who has been greatly helped by the large foul territory and the damp air of the Oakland Coliseum. And yet there's this: his career ERA is better on the road (3.44) than in Oakland (3.66).

Áö³­ÇØ, ÁöÅäÀÇ ¿øÁ¤°æ±â ¹æ¾îÀ²Àº 2.97 À̾úÁö¸¸ Ȩ¿¡¼­ÀÇ ¹æ¾îÀ²Àº 4.71 À̾ú´Ù. ºÐ¸í ÁöÅä°¡ ¿ÀŬ·£µåÀÇ ³ÐÀº ÆÄ¿ïÁö¿ª ´öºÐ¿¡ ¼º°øÇÑ °ÍÀ̶ó°í º¸±ä ¾î·Æ´Ù.
Last year, he had a road ERA of 2.97, but an ERA at home of 4.71. Obviously, the big foul territory isn't really a big part of his success.

³ª´Â ¶ÇÇÑ ÁöÅä°¡ A's ÀÇ ¶Ù¾î³­ ¿Ü¾ß¼öµé ´öÀ» ¸¹ÀÌ ºÃ´Ù´Â ¾ê±âµµ µé¾ú´Ù. Àç¹ÌÀÖ´Â °ÍÀº, ÁöÅä°¡ µîÆÇÇßÀ»¶§ ³»°¡ ±â¾ïÇÏ´Â A's ÀÇ ¿Ü¾ß¼ö¶ó°ï º¥ ±×¸®ºê, Å×·»½º ·Õ. ±×¸®°í ¸Ë ½ºÅ׾°¡ ÀüºÎ¿´´Ù´Â °ÍÀÌ´Ù.
I've also heard many arguments that Zito has been helped by the A's great outfield defense. Funny, I seem to remember that when Zito came up, the A's outfield defense consisted of Ben Grieve, Terrence Long, and Matt Stairs.

³ª´Â ÁöÅäÀÇ Åë»ê µîÆÇ °æ±âÁß¿¡¼­ ¾Æ¹«¸® ¸øÇصµ ¹Ý ÀÌ»óÀº º¸¾ÒÀ¸¸ç, ±×¶§¸¶´Ù ¸¶Å© ı¼¼À̰¡ ¾ó¸¶³ª ¸¹Àº °øÀ» ³õÃÆ´ÂÁö´Â Á¤È®È÷ ±â¾ïÇϱ⵵ Èûµé´Ù. ³ª´Â Å×·»½º ·ÕÀ̳ª ¿¡¸¯ ¹ø½º°¡ ½¬¿î °øÀ» ¾ó¸¶³ª ¾î·Æ°Ô ÀâÀ»Áö °ÆÁ¤Çß´ø ±â¾ïµµ ÀÖ´Ù.
I've probably watched at least half of Zito's career starts, and my memories aren't exactly overflowing with images of Mark Kotsay running down a bunch of balls in the alleys. I have more memories of worrying that Long or Eric Byrnes would flub another easy catch.

¹Ù²ã ¸»ÇÏÀÚ¸é, ³ª´Â ÁöÅäÀÇ ¹æ¾îÀ²°ú A's ¿Ü¾ß¼öµéÀÇ '¼öºñ»¡' °ú ¿¬°ü°ü°è°¡ ÀÖ´Ù°í »ý°¢ÇÏÁö ¾Ê´Â´Ù.
In other words, I'm not buying the idea that there is much correlation between the quality of the A's outfield and Zito's ERA.

- »ç½Ç, ³ª´Â ÁöÅäÀÇ ³·Àº BABIP ¼öÄ¡°¡ ±×ÀÇ '½±°Ô ¸ÂÃçÀâ´Â' ÇöóÀ̺¼ Åõ¼öÀ̱⠶§¹®À̶ó°í »ý°¢ÇÑ´Ù. ±×´Â ŸÀÚ·Î ÇÏ¿©±Ý ºø¸ÂÀº ¶á°øÀ» À¯µµÇس»¸ç BABIP ¸¦ ³·°Ô À¯ÁöÇÑ´Ù. ÀÌ ¶á°ø ÆÛ¼¾Å×ÀÌÁö·Î µûÁ®ºÃÀ»¶§ ÁöÅä´Â ÁÙ°ð MLB ¼öÀ§¸¦ À¯ÁöÇß´Ù. Lone Star Ball ÀÇ ¾Ö´ý ¸ð¸®½ºÀÇ ¸»À» µé¾îº¸ÀÚ.
In fact, I'd guess that Zito has such a low BABIP because he makes batters hit easy-to-catch fly balls. He keeps his BABIP low by inducing batters to hit weak fly balls. Zito is consistently among the MLB leaders in popup percentage. Adam Morris broke it down at Lone Star Ball:


ÁöÅä´Â ¿ìŸÀÚ¸¦ »ó´ë·Î ÀÏ¹Ý Åõ¼öº¸´Ù µÎ¹è°¡·® ´õ ¸¹Àº '¶á°ø' À» À¯µµÇس½´Ù. ±×´Â º¸Åë Åõ¼öº¸´Ù ´õ ÀûÀº ¶¥º¼À» À¯µµÇس»´Â ¹Ý¸é, ±×·¸´Ù°í ¸Ö¸® ³¯¾Æ°¡´Â ÇöóÀ̸¦ ¸¹ÀÌ Çã¿ëÇÏ´Â °ÍÀÌ ¾Æ´Ï´Ù. ´ë½Å, ±×´Â ´ÜÁö ´õ ¸¹Àº '¶á°ø' À» À¯¹ßÇÏ´Â °ÍÀÌ´Ù.
Zito is getting almost twice as many pop ups from righthanded hitters than the general pitching population is. So while Zito is inducing fewer ground balls than the average pitcher, he also isn't giving up a ton of fly balls...instead, he's just getting more popouts.



´ëºÎºÐÀÇ Åõ¼öµé¿¡°Ô ¶¥º¼Àº ±×Àú ¶¥º¼À̰í, ÇöóÀ̺¼Àº ±×³É ÇöóÀ̺¼ÀÌ´Ù. DIPS ÀÌ·ÐÀº °øÀ» ÃÆÀ»¶§ ŸÀڵ鿡°Ô °ÅÀÇ µ¿ÀÏÇÏ°Ô ¾î¶² ÀÏÀÌ ÀϾ °ÍÀΰ¡¸¦ ¿¹ÃøÇÏ´Â °ÍÀÌ´Ù. ÇÏÁö¸¸ ÁöÅä´Â ´Ù¸£´Ù. ±×´Â ŸÀÚ¿¡°Ô Çϴ÷ΠÇâÇϴ Ÿ±¸¸¦ ¸ÂÁö¸¸, ¸Ö¸® ³¯¾Æ°¡´Â Ÿ±¸´Â ¾Æ´Ï´Ù. ±×´Â ³»¾ß¸¦ ¹þ¾î³ªÁö ¾ÊÀº ¹üÀ§ÀÇ ¶á°øÀ» ¸¹ÀÌ À¯µµÇس»°í, 2·çŸ³ª 3·çŸ. ȤÀº Ȩ·±À¸·Î À̾îÁú °ÍÀ̶ó°í ¿¹»óµÇ´Â¸¸Å­ÀÇ Å« Ÿ±¸µµ ¾ò¾î¸ÂÁö ¾Ê´Â´Ù. ¸Å¹ø ÀÌ·± ´À¸´ÇÑ °øµéÀº ¾ÆÁÖ ½±°Ô ¾Æ¿ôÀ» ¾ò¾î³»°ï ÇÑ´Ù.
For most pitchers, a ball in play is a ball in play, and a ball hit in the air is a ball hit in the air. DIPS theory holds that once the ball is hit in play, what happens to it is almost entirely up to the batter. But Zito seems different. He gets batters to hit the ball up, but not far. He gets lots popups on the infield, and just as many shallow fly balls that have no chance of becoming doubles, triples, or home runs. Much of the time, these lazy balls in play are easily catchable outs.

¹Ù²ã ¸»Çϸé, ÁöÅä´Â ¿Ü¾ß¼ö¸¦ 'ÁÁ¾Æº¸ÀÌ°Ô ¸¸µå´Â' ¼±¼ö¶ó°í ÇÒ ¼ö ÀÖ´Ù. °ú¿¬ ±×°ÍÀÌ °¡´ÉÇÒ±î? ÁöÅä´Â ´Ù¸¥ Åõ¼öµé°ú´Â ´Þ¸® ŸÀÚ°¡ °øÀÇ ¾î´À ºÎºÐÀ» Ä¡°Ô ÇÒ Áö ÄÁÆ®·ÑÇÒ ¼ö ÀÖ´Â °ÍÀϱî? ¸¶À̳ʸ®±× ½Ì±ÛA ¿¡¼­³ª º¼ ¹ýÇÑ 86¸¶ÀÏ Á÷±¸¸¦ °¡Áø Åõ¼ö°¡ ¾î¶»°Ô ¸ÞÀÌÀú¸®±×¿¡¼­ ¸ÍÀ§¸¦ ¶³Ä¥ ¼ö ÀÖ´Â °ÍÀϱî?
In other words, perhaps it's Zito who is making the outfielders look good, not the other way around. Is this possible? Can Zito control where batters hit the ball, when other pitchers seemingly can't? How does a fly ball pitcher with an 86-mph fastball even make it out of A-ball, let alone flourish in the major leagues?

±×°ÍµéÀº ³ª·Î ÇÏ¿©±Ý ÁöÅä°¡ Àü·Ê¾ø´Â 'ºÐ¼® ºÒ°¡´ÉÇÑ' À¯ÀÏÇÑ ¼±¼ö·Î ¿©±â°Ô²û ¸¸µç´Ù. ±×ÀÇ ½ºÅ¸Àϰú Á¢±Ù¹æ¹ýÀº ¸Å¿ì µ¶Æ¯Çϸç, ±×ÀÇ ¼öÄ¡µéÀº ½ÃÁ¾Àϰü 'ºñ¼øÀÀÁÖÀÇ(non-conformist)' ÀÇ »ö並 ¶ç¾ú°í, µû¶ó¼­ ¼ýÀÚ¿¡ ÀÇÇÑ ¿¹ÃøÀ» ÀÖ´Â ±×´ë·Î ¹ÏÁö ¾Ê´Â °ÍÀÌ Çö¸íÇÒ °ÍÀÌ´Ù. ¾Æ´Ï, ±×º¸´Ùµµ ½ºÄ«¿ìÆ®¸¦ ½Å·ÚÇÏ´Â °ÍÀÌ ³ªÀ» °ÍÀÌ´Ù.
It seems to me that Zito presents a one-man sample-size problem. His style and approach are so clearly unique, his numbers so consistently non-conformist, with a big shift in style in recent times, that you'd be wise in this case to take what the numbers are predicting with a big grain of salt. Or better yet, a big grain of scout.

´ÙÀ½Àå¿¡¼­, ³ª´Â ÁöÅäÀÇ ½ºÄ«¿ìÆ®°¡ µÇ¾îº¸°íÀÚ ÇÑ´Ù. ±×¸®°í Ʋ¿¡ ¹ÚÈù ¼öÄ¡µéÀ» ¹«·ÂÈ­ÇÔÀ¸·Î½á ±×¸¦ µ½´Âµ¥ ÀÏÁ¶ÇϰíÀÚ ÇÑ´Ù. ±×·¸°ÔµÇ¸é ¿ì¸®´Â ±â·Ï°ú ½ºÄ«¿ìÆÃÀ» µ¿½Ã¿¡ ¼··ÆÇÏ°Ô µÇ´Â °ÍÀ̸ç, ÀÚÀ̾ðÃ÷°¡ ¹ÌÃÆ´ÂÁö ¹ÌÄ¡Áö ¾Ê¾Ò´ÂÁö´Â ¾Ë ¼ö ÀÖÀ» °ÍÀÌ´Ù.
In my next entry, I'll try to scout Zito, and figure out what he does that helps him defy conventional statistics. Then we'll combine the stats and the scouting, and decide if the Giants are crazy or not.




'°ú¿¬ Åõ¼ö°¡ °æ±â¿¡¼­ ŸÀÚµéÀÇ Å¸À²À» °¨¼Ò½Ãų ¼ö Àִ°¡' ¿ì¸®´Â ÆÄÆ®1, ÆÄÆ®2 ¿¡¼­ ¹è¸® ÁöÅä°¡ Á¤³ç ±ÔÄ¢¿¡¼­ ¿¹¿ÜÀÏ ¼ö Àִ°¡¿¡ ´ëÇÑ Áú¹®À» ´Ù·ç¾ú´Ù. ¸¸ÀÏ ±×·¸´Ù¸é, ±×´Â ¾î¶»°Ô ÇÏ´Â °ÍÀÌ¸ç ¹«¾ùÀÌ ±×¸¦ ³²´Ù¸£°Ô ¸¸µå´Â °ÍÀϱî?
We completed Part 2 (Part 1 here) with the question, is Barry Zito really an exception to the rule, a pitcher who can reduce batters' batting average on balls in play? If so, how does he do it, and what makes him different?

³ª´Â ½ºÄ«¿ìÆ®°¡ ¾Æ´Ñ ¾ß±¸ÆÒÀÏ »ÓÀÌ´Ù. ÇÏÁö¸¸ ¹è¸® ÁöÅäÀÇ °ÔÀÓÀº »ó´çÈ÷ ¸¹ÀÌ º¸¾ÒÀ¸¸ç, ŸÀÚµéÀ» »ó´ë·ÎÇÑ ÁöÅäÀÇ Á¢±Ù¹ýÀÌ ¾î¶²°¡¿¡ ´ëÇØ ¸»ÇÒ ¼ö ÀÖ´Ù.
I'm just a fan, not a scout, but I have watched a lot of Barry Zito, so I think I have some idea of how Zito approaches batters.

ÁöÅäÀÇ Á¢±Ù¹ýÀº ±¸ÁúÀÌ ¼¼°³À϶§º¸´Ù ´Ù¼¸°³°¡ µÈ Áö±Ý, ÈξÀ ´õ º¹ÀâÇØÁ³´Ù. ³ª´Â Áö³­ 2000³â¿¡¼­ 2003³â±îÁö, ÁöÅä°¡ À¯ÁöÇß´ø Á÷±¸, Ä¿ºê, üÀÎÁö¾÷ ±×¸®°í ¼¼ ±¸ÁúÀÇ ±âº»ÀûÀÎ Á¢±Ù¹æ½Ä¿¡ ´ëÇÑ ÇнÀÀÌ ÃæºÐÈ÷ È¿À²ÀûÀ̾ú´Ù°í »ý°¢ÇÑ´Ù. ´õ ÀÚ¼¼È÷ º¸±â À§ÇØ ¹üÀ§¸¦ Á¼Çô, ¿ìŸÀÚµéÀ» »ó´ë·Î¸¸ Æ÷Ä¿½º¸¦ ¸ÂÃ纸µµ·Ï ÇÏÀÚ.
Zito's approach is a lot more complex now that he has five pitches instead of three. I think it's useful to go back to 2000-2003 when Zito had only the fastball, curve and changeup, and study his basic three-pitch approach. To narrow it down further, we'll focus just on right-handed batters.

³»¿ëÀº ¾Æ·¡¿Í °°´Ù. ¿ì¼± Ä¿ºêº¼ºÎÅÍ ½ÃÀÛÇϵµ·Ï ÇÑ´Ù.
So here's the plan. It all starts with the curveball.


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The Curveball



ÁöÅä´Â Ä¿ºêÀÇ ±¸»çÀ²ÀÌ 15-20% ¿¡ ºÒ°úÇØ, ¿À·ÎÁö Ä¿ºê¸¸ ´øÁø´Ù°í º¼ ¼ö´Â ¾ø´Ù. ÇÏÁö¸¸ ÁöÅäÀÇ Ä¿ºêº¼Àº ´Ù¸¥ ±¸Áú¸¶Àú À§·ÂÀ» °®°ÔÇÑ´Ù. Ä¿ºêº¼ÀÌ ¾ø´Ù¸é, ±×´Â Æò±Õ±¸¼ÓÀÇ Á÷±¸¿Í ÁÁÀº üÀÎÁö¾÷À¸·Î ¹öÅß¾ßÇÏ´Â Æò¹üÇÑ Åõ¼ö°¡ µÇ¾úÀ» °ÍÀÌ´Ù.
Zito doesn't actually throw his curveball all that often--maybe 15-20% of the time. But Zito's curveball sets up everything else. Without it, he's a mediocre pitcher who has to survive with a good changeup, and below-average fastball.

Ä¿ºê¸¦ ´øÁú¶§, ÁöÅäÀÇ ±×¸³(grip)Àº ¼Õ¿¡¼­ ±²ÀåÈ÷ ´À½¼ÇÑ ÇüÅ´Ù. °¡²û, ÁöÅä´Â °øÀÌ ³ô°Ô Çü¼ºµÇ´Â ½Ç¼ö¸¦ ¹üÇϰï Çϴµ¥, ¹Ù·Î ÀÌ ´À½¼ÇÏ°Ô ÀâÀº º¼ÀÌ ±×ÀÇ ¼Õ°¡¶ôÀÇ ¿À¸¥ÂÊÀ¸·Î ºüÁ®³ª°¡±â ¶§¹®ÀÌ´Ù. ÇÏÁö¸¸ ¾îÂîµÇ¾úµç, ÀÌ ´À½¼ÇÑ ±×¸³Àº ±×·ÎÇÏ¿©±Ý ¾öû³­ ȸÀü°ú ³«Â÷¸¦ °®°ÔÇÑ´Ù. ±×°ÍÀº ºÐ¸í ¿ì¸® ½Ã´ëÀÇ ÃÖ°íÀÇ Ä¿ºê¶ó ¸»ÇÒ ¼ö ÀÖ´Ù.
To throw his curve, Zito grips the baseball very loosely in his hand. Occasionally, Zito will end up on blooper reels, becase the loosely-held ball will slip right out of his fingers. But somehow, this loose grip helps him get a tremendous rotation and break on the pitch. It's almost certainly the best curveball of this generation.

±×ÀÇ ¼Õ¿¡¼­ º¼ÀÌ ºüÁ®³ª°¬À»¶§, °øÀº ¾Æ·¡ ±×¸²°ú °°ÀÌ ¿ìŸÀÚ¸¦ »ó´ë·ÎÇÑ ½ºÆ®¶óÀÌÅ©Á¸ÀÇ »ó´Ü ³¡ºÎºÐ¿¡ µé¾î¿À´Â ÇüŸ¦ °®Ãá´Ù.
When it comes out of his hand, the ball looks like it is going to end up high and just out of the strike zone to a right-handed batter:



±×¸®°í ³«Â÷°¡ °É¸®°Ô µÇ¸é, ½ºÆ®¶óÀÌÅ©Á¸ ³·ÀºÂÊ ³¡¿¡ °ÉÄ¡¸ç µé¾î¿À°Ô µÈ´Ù.
And then it breaks, and ends up down and over the plate:



À̰÷Àº ŸÀÚ ÀÔÀå¿¡¼­ °ø·«ÇÏ±â ¸Å¿ì ±î´Ù·Ó´Ù. ¸ÞÀÌÀú¸®±× ŸÀÚµéÀº Ãij¾ ¼ö ÀÖÁö¸¸, ±×°ÍÀº ¾îµð±îÁö³ª '¿©±â·Î µé¾î¿Ã °ÍÀÌ´Ù' ¶ó°í ¿¹ÃøÇϰí ÀÖ´Â »óȲ¿¡¼­³ª °¡´ÉÇÑ ÀÏÀÌ´Ù. ¸¸ÀÏ ±×µéÀÌ ´Ù¸¥ ±¸ÁúÀ» ¿¹»óÇϰí ÀÖ´Â »óȲ¿¡¼­ ÀÌ ±¸ÁúÀÌ µé¾î¿Â´Ù¸é ³Ì ³õ°í ´çÇÏ´Â ¼ö ¹Û¿¡ ¾ø´Ù.
That's a very difficult pitch to hit. Major league hitters can hit it, but only if they know or can guess that it's coming. If they're guessing something else, and it lands in the strike zone, forget it.

Á»Ã³·³ Ä¿ºêº¼¿¡ ¹æ¸ÁÀ̰¡ ³ª°¡Áö ¾Ê´Â´Ù¸é, ÁöÅä´Â ŸÀÚµéÀ» ÇöȤÇϱâ À§ÇØ Á÷±¸¸¦ ±¸»çÇÑ´Ù.
So to prevent the batters from just sitting on the curveball, Zito uses his fastball to keep them honest.



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The Fastball



°¡²û 90¸¶ÀÏÀ» ±â·ÏÇÒ¶§µµ ÀÖÁö¸¸, 'Æ÷½Ã¸Ó(four-seamer)' ÁöÅäÀÇ Á÷±¸´Â º¸Åë 86¸¶ÀÏ¿¡¼­ 88¸¶ÀÏ¿¡ ºÒ°úÇÏ´Ù. °á±¹ ±× ±¸¼ÓÀ¸·Î´Â ´©±¸µµ ¾ÐµµÇÒ ¼ö ¾ø´Ù. ÇÏÁö¸¸, ±×´Â ³ª»Û Á÷±¸¿¡µµ ¹æ¸ÁÀ̸¦ ³ª°¡°Ô²û ŸÀÚ¸¦ ¼ÓÀÌ´Â Ä¿ºêº¼ÀÇ À§ÇùÀ» ÀÌ¿ëÇÑ´Ù.
Zito's fastball, a four-seamer, is usually only 86-88mph, although he can touch 90 on occasion. So he can't overpower anyone with it. However, he uses the threat of the curveball to trick the batter into swinging at a bad fastball.

Ä¿ºêº¼ÀÌ ¾îµð¿¡¼­ºÎÅÍ ½ÃÀ۵ǴÂÁö¸¦ ±â¾ïÇϴ°¡. ³ô°í, ¿ìŸÀÚ¿¡°Ô ¸Õ°÷¿¡¼­ºÎÅÍ ½ÃÀ۵ȴÙ. ÁöÅä´Â Á¾Á¾ ±×ÀÇ Á÷±¸¸¦ Ä¿ºêº¼À» ´øÁ³´ø ±× ÄÚ½º¿Í Á¤È®È÷ ÀÏÄ¡ÇÏ´Â °÷¿¡ ²È¾Æ³Ö´Â´Ù.
Remember where the curveball starts out? High and away to a right-handed hitter. Zito will often throw his fastball to the exact same spot where the curveball starts out:



¸¸ÀÏ ´ç½ÅÀÌ ¸ðµç °øÀ» ´Ù Ãij¾ ¼ö ÀÖ´Ù¸é ¸ð¸¦±î, Àú °øÀº ½±°Ô °ø·«ÇÏ±â ¾î·Æ´Ù. Àú ÄÚ½º´Â Ȩ Ç÷¹ÀÌÆ®¿¡¼­ ³Ê¹« ¸Ö¸® ¶³¾îÁ³À¸¸ç ŸÀÚµéÀÇ ¹æ¸ÁÀ̸¦ À¯ÀÎÇØ³¾¸¸Å­ ÁÁÀº ÄÚ½ºµµ ¾Æ´Ï´Ù. °øÀ» ¸ÂÃß´Â ÀçÁÖ°¡ ÀÖ´Â ¼±¼ö¶ó¸é ¸ÂÃâ ¼ö´Â ÀÖ°ÚÁö¸¸, ±× °á°ú´Â ¾èÀº 2·ç¼ö ÇöóÀ̳ª ¿ìÀͼö ¶á°øÀ¸·Î ¾Æ¿ôµÉ °ÍÀÌ´Ù.
You can't hit that pitch hard, if you hit it at all. It's too far off the plate to reach with the good part of the bat. Most hitters who make contact on that pitch hit the ball off the end of their bat, and the result is a weak popup to second base or right field.

º¸Åë ŸÀÚµéÀº Àú À§Ä¡¿¡ µé¾î¿À´Â °ø¿¡ ´ëÇØ¼­´Â ½ºÀ®À» ÇØ¾ß°Ú´Ù´Â »ý°¢Á¶Â÷ ÇÏÁö ¾Ê´Â´Ù. ÇÏÁö¸¸ ´Ù¸¥ Åõ¼öµé°ú´Â ´Þ¸® Ä¿ºêº¼°ú °°Àº ±Ëµµ·Î ½ÃÀ۵DZ⠶§¹®¿¡, ÁöÅä´Â ŸÀÚµéÀÌ ÀÚÁÖ ½ºÀ®ÇϰԲû À¯¹ßÇÒ ¼ö ÀÖ´Â °ÍÀÌ´Ù.
Normally, a batter wouldn't even think about swinging at a pitch in that location, but because the curveball starts out with the same trajectory, Zito can often induce batters to chase there, where other pitchers can't.

Áö±Ý, ¿©·¯ºÐÀÌ Åõ¼ö¶ó¸é Àú °÷¿¡ ¶È°°Àº Åõ±¸¸¦ ÇÏÁø ¸øÇÒ °ÍÀÌ´Ù. ¿Ö³ÄÇϸé ŸÀÚµéÀÌ Àͼ÷ÇØÁú °ÍÀ̰í, ¹æ¸ÁÀÌ ¶ÇÇÑ µ¹¾Æ°¡Áö ¾ÊÀ» °ÍÀ̱⠶§¹®ÀÌ´Ù. ±×·¡¼­ ÁöÅä´Â ŸÀÚµéÀÌ ¹æ¸ÁÀ̸¦ ³»µµ·Ï ¸¸µé±â À§ÇØ ¹Ù±ùÂÊ Äڳʿ¡µµ ±×¸¸Å­ ÀÚÁÖ Á÷±¸¸¦ ´øÁö°ï ÇÑ´Ù.
Now, you can't just keep throwing the same pitch up there, because eventually the hitters adjust and start to lay off. So Zito keeps batters honest by hitting the outside corner with the fastball as often as he throws it outside:



¹Ù·Î Àú ÄÚ½º°¡ ŸÀÚµéÀÌ ¿øÇÏ´Â ÄÚ½º´Ù. ÁÁÀº ŸÀÚµéÀº Ä¿ºê¿Í ³ôÀº ¹Ù±ùÂÊ Á÷±¸¸¦ Æ÷±âÇϰí 2½ºÆ®¶óÀÌÅ©±îÁö ±â´Ù¸°´Ù. ±×¸®°í ¹Ù±ùÂÊÀ¸·Î 86¸¶ÀÏ Á÷±¸°¡ µé¾î¿ÔÀ»¶§°¡ µÇ¾î¼­¾ß °ø·«¿¡ ³ª¼±´Ù. Àú°ÍÀº ¹èÆÃº¼ Ÿ°Ý°ú ´Ù¸§¾ø´Ù. ¾ÆÁÖ ½¬¿î °øÀÌ´Ù. ±×·¸Áö¾ÊÀº°¡.
That's the pitch the batter wants to hit. A good batter will lay off the curve and the high-and-away fastball until he has two strikes, and sit on that 86mph fastball on the outside corner. That's like hitting in batting practice! No problem, right?

ÁÁ´Ù, ÀÏ´Ü Àú°ÍÀº Á¦Ãĵεµ·Ï ÇÏÀÚ.
Right, except then there's...



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The Changeup



¾ð·Ð¿¡¼­ ¸»ÇÏ´Â °Í ó·³, ÁöÅäÀÇ Ä¿ºêº¼Àº ȯ»óÀûÀÌÁö¸¸ ±×ÀÇ Ã¼ÀÎÁö¾÷ ¶ÇÇÑ ´ë´ÜÇÑ ±¸ÁúÀÌ´Ù. ¸±¸®Áî Æ÷ÀÎÆ®´Â Á÷±¸¸¦ ±¸»çÇÒ¶§¿Í Á¤È®È÷ ÀÏÄ¡ÇÏÁö¸¸ ¼Óµµ´Â 10-13¸¶ÀÏÁ¤µµ ´À·Á Æò±ÕÀûÀ¸·Î 72¸¶ÀÏÀ» ¿ôµ·´Ù. ±×·¡¼­ ÁöÅä´Â (À§¿¡¼­ ¸»ÇÑ) ŸÀÚ°¡ Á÷±¸¸¦ ±â´Ù¸®°í ÀÖ´Â ¹Ù·Î ±× ÄÚ½º·Î ÀÌ Ã¼ÀÎÁö¾÷À» Âñ·¯³Ö´Â´Ù.
Zito's curveball is spectacular, and gets all the press, but his changeup is also a great pitch. The release point is exactly the same as his fastball, but it's 10-13 mph slower, usually around 72mph. So when Zito throws it to the spot where the hitter is waiting for that fastball:



±×¸®°í ¸¶Áö¸·¿¡ ²ÈÈ÷´Â ÁöÁ¡Àº À̰÷ÀÌ´Ù.
it actually ends up right about here:



°á±¹ ŸÀÚ´Â ±×ÀÇ ¾ûµ¢À̰¡ ÀÏÂï ºüÁøÃ¤ ½ºÀ®À» ÇÏ°Ô µÉ °ÍÀ̰í, ÀÌ·¸°Ô ¸ÂÀº °øÀº ŸÀÚÀÇ ÆÈ ÈûÀ¸·Î¸¸ ½ºÀ®ÇÑ °ÍÀÌ´Ù. ÁöÅä´Â ŸÀÚÀÇ ½ºÀ®¿¡¼­ ÈûÀ» ½ÆÁö ¸øÇÏ°Ô ÇÏ´Â °ÍÀ̰í, ±× °á°ú. ºø¸ÂÀº Ÿ±¸¸¦ ¾ç»ê°ÔÇÏ´Â °ÍÀÌ´Ù. ¸¸ÀÏ ¿ìŸÀÚ°¡ À̰ÍÀ» Àâ¾Æ´ç°Ü Ä¡·ÁÇÑ´Ù¸é ¿ÞÂÊÀ¸·Î ±¼·¯°¡´Â ¶¥º¼ÀÌ µÉ °ÍÀ̰í, ¹Ð¾îÄ¡°íÀÚ ÇÑ´Ù¸é Áß°ß¼ö°¡ ¿ìÀͼö¿¡°Ô ÀâÈ÷´Â Èû¾ø´Â ¶á°ø¿¡ ±×Ä¥ °ÍÀÌ´Ù.
What often happens is that the batter will get his hips started too early, and hit the ball using only the strength of his arms. Zito takes all the power out of the swing, so what happens is usually a weakly hit ball. If our RHB tries to pull it, he hits a grounder to the left side; if he tries to go the other way, it's usually a popup or a lazy fly towards center or right.



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The Jammer

ÁöÅäÀÇ Á¢±Ù¹æ½ÄÀÇ ¸¶Áö¸·ÀÌÀÚ ÇÙ½ÉÀÌ´Ù. Áö±Ý±îÁö ¿ì¸®°¡ ºÁ ¿Â ±¸ÁúµéÀº ¸ðµÎ ¿ìŸÀÚÀÇ ¹Ù±ùÂÊ¿¡ µé¾î°¡´Â °øÀ̾ú´Ù. ÁöÅä´Â ŸÀÚ·Î ÇÏ¿©±Ý °è¼Ó ¹Ù±ùÂʰø¸¸ º¸°í, ¶ÇÇÑ »ý°¢ÇÏ°Ô ¸¸µç´Ù. ¹Ù±ùÂÊ, ¹Ù±ùÂÊ, ¹Ù±ùÂÊ ... ±×¸®°í ÁöÅä°¡ ´øÁö´Â °øÀº ´Ù¸§ ¾Æ´Ñ ¾ÈÂÊÀÌ´Ù.
Now we come to the final, and key, piece to Zito's approach. So far, all the pitches we've looked at have been on the outside part of the plate to a right-handed batter. Zito gets the batters looking and thinking and leaning outside corner, outside corner, outside corner...and then he comes in with his fastball, on the inside corner here:



ÀÌ ÄÚ½º´Â À§¿¡¼­ ¸»ÇÑ ¿À¸¥¼Õ ŸÀÚ°¡ °¡Àå Ä¡±â ½±´Ù°í ´À³¢´Â Á÷±¸°¡ µé¾î°¥¶§¿Í °°Àº ³ôÀÌÀ̰í, ±×·¸±â ¶§¹®¿¡ ŸÀÚ´Â ½ºÀ®ÇÏ°í ½Í´Ù´Â À¯È¤À» ¹Þ°Ô µÈ´Ù. ÇÏÁö¸¸, ŸÀÚ´Â ¸öÂÊ °ø¿¡ ´ëÇØ ¹æ¸ÁÀ̸¦ ³¾ ¿©Áöµµ ¾øÀÌ ´çÇÏ°Ô µÈ´Ù. °¡²û ºø¸ÂÃâ ¼ö´Â ÀÖ°ÚÁö¸¸, ÀÌ°Í ¶ÇÇÑ 3·ç¼ö³ª ÁÂÀͼö¿¡°Ô ³¯¾Æ°¡´Â ¾èÀº ¶á°ø¿¡ ±×Ä¡°Ô µÈ´Ù.
It's the same height as the fastball the right-handed batter wants to hit on the outside corner, so he's tempted to swing at it. However, the batter has a really hard time getting the barrel on the bat on that inside pitch. He'll often hit it with the thin, handle part of the bat, and end up hitting a weak popup to third base or left field.

¾Æ¸¶ ÁöÅä´Â ´Ù¸¥ ¾î¶² ±¸Áúº¸´Ùµµ ÀÌ °ø·«¹ýÀ» ÅëÇØ º¸´Ù ¸¹Àº ¾Æ¿ôÀ» Àâ¾Æ³¾ °ÍÀÌ´Ù.
Zito probably gets more outs with this pitch than any of the others.



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°£´ÜÈ÷ ¸»ÇØ, Àú°ÍÀº '°èȹ 1' ÀÌ´Ù.
And that's Plan A, in a nutshell.

»ç½Ç, ¸¸ÀÏ ÁöÅä°¡ À̰Ͱú ÇÔ²² Ʋ¿¡¹ÚÈù DIPS À̷п¡¼­ ¹þ¾î³­´Ù¸é ±×°ÍÀº µÎ°¡Áö Á÷±¸µéÀÇ Á¶ÇÕ (½ºÅ©¶óÀÌÅ©Á¸ÀÇ ³ôÀº ÂÊ, ±×¸®°í Á¸¿¡¼­ ¹þ¾î³ª´Â) À̰í, ¸öÂÊÀ¸·Î ÆÄ°íµå´Â °ø ´öºÐÀÏ °Í ÀÌ´Ù. ±×´Â ¶á°øÀ» Ä¡±â À§ÇØ ¸ÂÃߴµ¥¿¡ ±Þ±ÞÇÑ Å¸ÀÚµéÀÌ ¾Æ´Ñ °øÀ» Ä¡·Á´Â À̵é°ú ¸¶ÁÖÇÏ°Ô µÉ °ÍÀÌÁö¸¸, ¹æ¸ÁÀÌÀÇ ³¡ºÎºÐ¿¡ ¸Â°Å³ª (³ôÀº°ø°ú ¹Ù±ùÂʰø) ¸ÛÇÏ´Ï ´çÇÒ ¼ö ¹Û¿¡ (¸öÂÊ ÄÚ³Ê) ¾øÀ» °ÍÀÌ´Ù. °øÀº ¹æ¸ÁÀÌ¿¡¼­ °¡Àå ¾àÇÑ ºÎºÐ¿¡ ¸Â°ÔµÉ °ÍÀ̰í, ¸Å¿ì ½±°Ô ¾Æ¿ôÄ«¿îÆ®¸¦ ´Ã¸± ¼ö ÀÖÀ» °ÍÀÌ´Ù. ÀÌ ¸ðµç °ÍÀº 86¸¶ÀÏ Á÷±¸¿Í ŸÀÚ¸¦ ¼ÓÀÌ´Â Ä¿ºê´öÀ̶ó ÇÒ ¼ö ÀÖÀ» °ÍÀÌ´Ù.
If Zito does, in fact, defy conventional DIPS theory with this, I think it's the combination of those two fastballs--the one up and out of the zone, and the one on the inside corner--where it happens. He's getting people to hit the ball not just on the upper half of the bat for popups, but on the end of the bat (up and away) or on the handle (inside corner), as well. The ball hits the weakest part of the bat, and makes for some very easy-to-catch balls in play. All from an 86-mph fastball, fooling batters thanks to one wicked curve.



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ÀÏÀÌ À߸øµÇ¾úÀ»¶§ - '°èȹ 2'
When Things Go Wrong


ÁöÅä°¡ ±×ÀÇ ¼¼°¡Áö ±¸ÁúÀÇ ÄÁÆ®·ÑÀÌ ÁÁÀº ³¯¿¡´Â '°èȹ 1' Àº ±²ÀåÈ÷ Àß ¸ÔÇôµé¾î°£´Ù. 2006³â °³¸·Àüó·³, ÁöÅä´Â AL ÀÇ '¿äÇÑ »êŸ³ª' ó·³ ¹Ù±ùÂÊ °øÀ» ±¸»çÇÒ ¼ö ÀÖ´Ù. ÇÏÁö¸¸ ±× ÄÁµð¼ÇÀÌ ÁÁÁö ¾ÊÀ»¶§¿¡´Â ¹º°¡ ´ëÃ¥À» ¼¼¿ï Çʿ䰡 ÀÖ´Ù.
Some days, when Zito has good control of all three pitches, Plan A works like a charm. On those days, like in Game 1 of the 2006, Zito can outpitch the Johan Santanas of the league. Other days, however, some adjustments need to be made.

ÁöÅä´Â ¾Æ¸¶µµ 1³â¿¡ 12¹øÁ¤µµ´Â À§¿¡¼­ ¸»ÇÑ 'ŰÆ÷ÀÎÆ®' ¼¼°¡Áö ±¸ÁúÀÌ Àß ¸ÔÇôµé °ÍÀÌ´Ù. ±×¿Ü¿¡ ½º¹«¹ø Á¤µµ´Â, ±×´Â ÇѰ¡Áö, ȤÀº µÎ°¡Áö ±¸ÁúÀÇ Á¦±¸·Â¿¡ ¹®Á¦Á¡À» µå·¯³½´Ù.
Zito probably goes to the mound with all three key pitches working maybe a dozen times a year. The other 20 or so times, he'll have trouble throwing strikes to varying degrees with one or two pitches.

±×°¡ Á÷±¸ÀÇ ¸±¸®Áî Æ÷ÀÎÆ®¿¡ ¹®Á¦°¡ »ý°å´Ù¸é, °¡Àå ÄÁµð¼ÇÀÌ ÁÁÁö ¾ÊÀº ³¯(ÀÌ´×) ÀÌ´Ù. ±×ÀÇ Á÷±¸´Â ÇѺ¹ÆÇ¿¡ µé¾î°¥¸¸Å­ ³ª»Ú°í, ¿¬À̾î Å럴çÇÑ´Ù. ÁöÅä°¡ ¸öÂÊ Á÷±¸¿¡ ´ëÇÑ °¨À» ÀÒÀº ³¯¿¡´Â Ȩ Ç÷¹ÀÌÆ®¿¡¼­ °øÀÌ ºüÁ®³ª°¡°í, ±Ùó¿¡µµ ¸ø¹ÌÄ¥ Á¤µµ·Î ¾îó±¸´Ï ¾ø´Â °÷¿¡ ³¯¾Æ°¡°ï ÇÑ´Ù. ±×°¡ 86¸¶ÀÏ ¹èÆÃº¼À» ÇѺ¹ÆÇ¿¡ ´øÁö¸ç ³­Å¸´çÇÏ´Â °Í º¸´Ù º¼³ÝÀ¸·Î ŸÀÚ¸¦ ³»º¸³»´Â ³¯Àº ±×·¡µµ ÈξÀ ³ªÀº ³¯ÀÌ´Ù. °¡²û, ±×´Â ´ÙÀ½ ŸÀÚ¸¦ »ó´ë·Î ¸±¸®Áî Æ÷ÀÎÆ®¸¦ ã°Å³ª ÈÄ¼Ó Å¸ÀÚ¸¦ ¾Æ¿ô½Ã۱â À§ÇØ Ã¼ÀÎÁö¾÷À» ´øÁú °ÍÀ̰í, ±¦ÂúÀº °á°ú¸¦ ³ºÀ» °ÍÀÌ´Ù. ¸¸ÀÏ ±×·¸Áö ¸øÇÏ°í ¶Ç Çѹø º¼³ÝÀ» ³»ÁÖ°Ô µÈ´Ù¸é ±× ÀÌ´×Àº ¾ÈÁÁÀº °á°ú¸¦ ÃÊ·¡ÇÒ °ÍÀÌ´Ù.
His worst innings/days are when he's having trouble with the release point on his fastball. His fastball isn't good enough to throw down the middle of the plate and get away with it. When Zito misses on that inside fastball, and the ball leaks out over the plate, it tends to travel a very long distance. So Zito tends to err on the side of caution. He'd much rather walk a guy than throw him an 86mph batting-practice fastball down the middle of the plate. Sometimes, he'll find his release point with the next guy, or he'll use his changeup to get the next guy out, and be fine. Sometimes, though, he pays for the walk, and the result is a bad inning.

±×·¯³ª º¸´Ù ÀϹÝÀûÀÎ ¹®Á¦Á¡Àº ±×ÀÇ Ä¿ºêº¼ÀÌ Á¦´ë·Î ±¸»çµÇÁö ¾ÊÀ»¶§ÀÌ´Ù. Ä¿ºêº¼ÀÌ Åõ±¸ÀÇ È­·æÁ¤Á¡À̶óÇÒ ¼ö ÀÖ°Ô µÈ ÀÌÈÄ, ±×´Â ŸÀÚ°¡ 'ÁöÅä°¡ ¿À´Ã Ä¿ºê Á¦±¸°¡ ¾ÈµÈ´Ù' ´Â »ç½ÇÀ» ±ú´Ý°Ô µÇ¸é ´õ Å« ¹®Á¦¿¡ Á÷¸éÇß´Ù. ÀÌ·¸°Ô µÇ¸é ±×µéÀº ³ôÀº ÂÊ Á÷±¸¸¦ ±×³É Èê·Áº¸³»°í Á÷±¸³ª üÀÎÁö¾÷¿¡µµ ¹«¹ÝÀÀÀ» º¸ÀδÙ. ±×·¸°Ô ´õ ÁÁÀº °øÀÌ ¿Ã¶§¸¦ ³ë·Á À埸¦ ³¯¸± ±âȸ¸¦ Àâ´Â °ÍÀÌ´Ù.
A more common problem, however, is that he can't find the release point on his curveball. Since the curveball sets up a whole sequence of pitches, he has much more trouble getting batters out if they know he can't throw the curveball for a strike. They can ignore the high fastball, sit on a fastball or a changeup, and have a much better chance at hitting the ball hard.

ÀÌ·± ¹®Á¦Á¡µéÀº 2003³â, ÁöÅä°¡ 4ȸ±îÁö ´Ü Çѹøµµ Ä¿ºê¸¦ ´øÁöÁö ¾ÊÀ¸¸é¼­ ½ÃÀ۵Ǿú´Ù. ¸¸ÀÏ ÁöÅä°¡ ±×ÀÇ Ä¿ºê¸¦ ½ºÆ®¶óÀÌÅ©·Î ´øÁö´Â ¸ð½ÀÀ» º¸ÀÌÁö ¾Ê´Â´Ù¸é, ±×°¡ À§±â¸¦ °ÞÀ» °¡´É¼ºÀº ÃæºÐÈ÷ Á¸ÀçÇÑ´Ù. ÀÌ·± Àü·«Àº Àá±ñ µ¿¾ÈÀº ¸ÔÇôµé¾úÁö¸¸, 2004³â¿¡´Â ¿©Áö¾øÀÌ ±× ´ñ°¡¸¦ Ä¡·ð´Ù. ŸÀÚµéÀº ±×µéÀÌ ¹Ù±ùÂÊ ºü¸¥ °ø¿¡ ¹æ¸ÁÀ̸¦ ³»±âÀü¿¡ ÁöÅä°¡ Ä¿ºê¸¦ ½ºÆ®¶óÀÌÅ©·Î Á¦±¸ÇÒ ¼ö ÀÖ´ÂÁö¸¦ È®ÀÎÇÒ °ÍÀÌ´Ù.
This became such a problem in 2003 that Zito would often begin a game without throwing a single curveball until about the fourth inning. If he didn't show that he couldn't throw the curveball for a strike, the threat still existed that he could. This strategy worked for awhile, but it seemed to catch up to him in 2004. Batters made him establish that he could throw the curveball for a strike before they chased that outside fastball.

1³â¿¡ µÎ¼¼¹ø, ÄÁµð¼ÇÀÌ ¾ÆÁÖ ¾ÈÁÁÀº ³¯. (ºÒÇàÇϰԵµ ÀÌ '¾î¼´Ù ÀÖ´Â ³¯' ÀÌ 2006³â¿¡´Â ALCS ¿¡¼­ ¹ú¾îÁ³¾ú´Ù) ÁöÅä´Â ±×ÀÇ Á÷±¸¿Í Ä¿ºêº¼ ¸ðµÎ Á¦±¸·ÂÀ» ÀÒ¾ú°í (ȤÀº ÁÖ½ÉÀÌ ½ºÆ®¶óÀÌÅ©Á¸À» Àؾú°Å³ª) °á±¹ ±×´Â ¿ÀÁ÷ 72¸¶ÀÏ Ã¼ÀÎÁö¾÷¸¸À¸·Î ŸÀÚ¸¦ »ó´ëÇØ¾ßÇß´Ù. »ç¶÷µéÀº µðÆ®·ÎÀÌÆ®ÀÇ ÁöÅä °ø·«¹ýÀÌ ´ë´ÜÈ÷ Áö´ÉÀûÀ̾ú´Ù°í ĪÂùÇßÁö¸¸, ³ª´Â ±× °°Àº ÁÖÀåÀº ¿ì½À´Ù°í »ý°¢ÇÑ´Ù. ¸¸ÀÏ ÁöÅä°¡ ±×³¯ Ä¿ºê¸¦ Á¦´ë·Î ²È¾Æ ³Ö¾ú´õ¶ó¸é, ¹Ù·Î ±× ÀüÁÖ¿¡ ¹Ì³×¼ÒŸ°¡ ±×·¨´ø °Í ó·³ ŸÀ̰ÅÁî´Â ¸ÛûÇÏ°Ô º¸¿´À» °ÍÀÌ´Ù.
On his very worst days, which happens two or three times a year, (unfortunately one such day was in the 2006 ALCS against Detroit), Zito can't find either his fastball OR his curveball, (or maybe the umpire can't) leaving him with nothing but a 72mph changeup to get people out with. People praised Detroit's for taking some sort of brilliantly intelligent approach against Zito, but I found that argument silly. The Tigers would have looked just as foolish as Minnesota did the week before if Zito could throw his curveball for a strike that day.

ÁöÅä°¡ ³­Å¸´çÇÏ°Ô µÇ¸é, »ó´ëÆÀÀÌ ´©±¸¿´´Â°¡ º¸´Ù´Â ÁöÅä¿¡ º¸´Ù ÁýÁßÇÏÀÚ. ÁöÅä´Â ±×ÀÇ Åë»ê µîÆÇ¿¡¼­ 7Á¡ÀÌ»ó ³»ÁØ °æ±â°¡ 11¹øÀ̾ú´Ù. ¾î´À ÆÀÀÌ ±×¸¦ »ó´ë·Î °¡Àå ºÒ¹æ¸ÁÀ̸¦ Èֵѷ¶´ÂÁö ¾Ë°íÀִ°¡.
When Zito gets clobbered, it's says more about Zito that day than it does his opponent. Zito has allowed seven or more runs in a game eleven times in his career. Know which team has given him such a clobbering the most?

Å󮀼£ÀÌ´Ù. ±×°Íµµ ¼¼¹øÀ̳ª.
Tampa Bay, three times.



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The New Pitches

ÁöÅä°¡ Á¦´ë·Î ±¸»çµÈ ±¸ÁúÀÌ ¸î°³¿´À»¶§, °¢±â ¾î¶² ¼ºÀûÀ» ¿Ã·È´ÂÁö µµÇ¥¸¦ ÅëÇØ ¾Ë¾Æº¸µµ·Ï ÇÏÀÚ.
You can pretty much draw a chart depicting how many runs Zito will give up by how many pitches he has working on a given night:



À̰ÍÀº ÁöÅä°¡ '¼¼°¡Áö ±¸Áú Åõ¼ö' ¿¡¼­ '´Ù¼¸°¡Áö ±¸Áú Åõ¼ö' ·Î º¯È­Çϸ鼭 óÀ½¿¡ Å󮀼£ÀÌ¿¡°Ô ³­Å¸´çÇß´ø ³¯ ÀÌÈÄÀÇ ±â·ÏÀÌ´Ù. ±×´Â Åõ½É ÆÐ½ºÆ®º¼°ú ½½¶óÀÌ´õ¸¦ Ãß°¡Çß´Ù.
It was after the last Devil Ray buttkicking that Zito implemented his radical change in approach, changing from a three-pitch pitcher to a five-pitch pitcher. He added a two-seam fastball, and a slider.

³ª´Â ¼ÖÁ÷È÷ ÁöÅä°¡ Åõ½Ã¸Ó(two-seamer) ¿´À»¶§¿Í Æ÷½Ã¸Ó(four-seamer) ¿´À»¶§ ¹«¾ùÀÌ ´Ù¸¥Áö Àß ¸ð¸£°Ú´Ù. ÇÏÁö¸¸ 2005³â ÀÌÈÄ, ±×´Â ÁÖÀÚ°¡ ³ª°¡ÀÖÀ»¶§, ¿¹Àüº¸´Ù ´õ ¸¹Àº ¶¥º¼À» À¯µµÇس¾ ¼ö ÀÖ°Ô µÇ¾ú´Ù. ±×°¡ ½ºÆ®¶óÀÌÅ©¸¦ ´øÁú Çʿ䰡 ÀÖÀ»¶§ »ç¿ëÇϰųª ŸÀÚ°¡ Æ÷½ÉÀ» ±â´Ù¸®°í ÀÖÀ»¶§ ´øÁö¸é ÁÁ°Ú´Ù°í »ý°¢ÇÑ´Ù. ¹«ºê¸ÕÆ®°¡ ´Ù¸£´Ù´Â °Í¸¸À¸·Îµµ ŸÀÚµéÀº °øÀÇ À­ÂÊÀ» ¸ÂÃâ ¼ö ¹Û¿¡ ¾øÀ» °ÍÀ̰í, ƯÈ÷ ¸öÂÊÀ¸·Î ÆÄ°í´Â Á÷±¸¶ó¸é ´õ¿í ±×·¸´Ù. ´Ù¸¸ ¿¡¸¯ íº£ÁîÂÊÀ¸·Î ¸¹Àº ¶¥º¼ÀÌ ÇâÇϸ鼭 ²ûÂïÇÑ °á°ú¸¦ ÃÊ·¡ÇßÀ» »ÓÀÌ´Ù.
I honestly can't see the difference between Zito's two-seamer and his four-seamer, but since 2005, he seems to be able to get more ground balls when runners are on base than he used to. I think he uses it when he needs to throw a strike, and the hitter may be looking for that four-seamer. It has just enough of a difference in movement to get the batter to hit on top of the ball, especially on that inside fastball. The result has been an awful lot of ground balls to Eric Chavez.

½½¶óÀÌ´õ´Â ÁŸÀÚ¸¦ »ó´ë·Î ´øÁú¶§ À¯¿ëÇÑ ¹«±âÀÌÁö¸¸, ÁöÅä´Â ½ºÆ®¶óÀÌÅ©¸¦ ³ë¸®´Â ¿ìŸÀÚ¸¦ »ó´ë·Î Á¾Á¾ ½½¶óÀÌ´õ¸¦ ±¸»çÇÑ´Ù. °øÀÌ ½ÃÀ۵Ǵ ÁöÁ¡Àº ´ÙÀ½°ú °°´Ù.
The slider is mostly a weapon for Zito to use against left-handed batters, but Zito will also throw it in there against righties to try to steal a strike every now and then. It's a pitch that starts out here:




±×¸®°í ³¡³»´Â ¿©±â¿¡ ²ÈÈù´Ù.
and ends up here:



´Ù½Ã ÀÌ ±¸ÁúÀ» ±¸»çÇØ ŸÀÚ°¡ ¹æ¸ÁÀÌ¿¡ ¸ÂÃá´Ù¸é, º¸Åë °øÀº ¿¡¸¯ íº£½º(3·ç) ÂÊÀ¸·Î ±¼·¯°£´Ù. ÀÚÀ̾ðÃ÷·Î µûÁöÀÚ¸é Æäµå·Î Æç¸®ÁîÂÊ ¹æÇâÀÌ´Ù. ÁöÅä¿Í ÀÚÀ̾ðÃ÷¿¡°Ô ´ÙÇེ·¯¿î °ÍÀº, Æç¸®Áî°¡ 3·ç¼ö·Î¼­ ¼öºñ¹üÀ§°¡ ¸Å¿ì ³Ð´Ù´Â °ÍÀÌ´Ù.
Again, this is another pitch that, if hit, often gets hit right at Eric Chavez, and now, presumably, Pedro Feliz. Fortunately for Zito and the Giants, Feliz seems to have some pretty good range at third.



***

ÀÌ Ãß°¡ÀûÀÎ ±¸ÁúµéÀº ÁöÅä°¡ °ï°æ¿¡ óÇßÀ»¶§ ´õ ¸¹Àº ¼±ÅñÇÀ» ºÎ¿©ÇÒ °ÍÀÌ´Ù. 2003³âÀ̳ª 2004³â, ÁöÅä´Â ½ÂºÎó¿¡¼­ ¿ÀÁ÷ Çϳª. ȤÀº µÎ°³ÀÇ ±¸Áú·Î ½ÂºÎ¸¦ °É¾î¾ßÇß´Ù. ŸÀÚµéÀº ±î´Ù·Î¿î °øÀº ÆÄ¿ï·Î ÄÆÆ®ÇØ³ÂÀ¸¸ç, ±× »óȲ¼Ó¿¡¼­µµ ÁöÅä´Â ¶È°°Àº ±¸ÁúÀ» ´Ù½Ã ´øÁ®¾ßÇß´Ù. ¸¶Ä§³», ŸÀÚµéÀº ±×¸¦ ¹«³Ê¶ß·È°í, °á±¹ ÁöÅ並 »ó´ë·Î ¾ÈŸ¸¦ Ä¡°Å³ª º¼³ÝÀ» ¾ò¾î³¾ ¼ö ÀÖ¾ú´Ù.
These extra pitches give Zito more options when he gets in a jam. Too often in 2003 or 2004, Zito would get into a game/count situation where he only had one or two choices of which pitch to throw. The batters would foul off a bunch of tough pitches, and he'd have to come right in there again with the same pitch. Eventually, the batter would wear him out, and either hit him, or get a costly walk.

Áö±Ý ÁöÅä´Â °ú°Å¿Í °°Àº °ï°æ¿¡ óÇßÀ»¶§ ½½¶óÀÌ´õ³ª Åõ½É ÆÐ½ºÆ®º¼À» ´øÁú ¼ö ÀÖ°Ô µÇ¾ú°í, ŸÀÚµéÀº ¶Ç ´Ù¸¥ °æ¿ì¿¡ ´ëÇØ »ý°¢ÇÏ°Ô µÇ¾ú´Ù. ±×´Â ÃÖ±Ù¿¡ ´õ ¸¹Àº ´ë¾ÈÀ» °®°Ô µÇ¾ú°í, ±×´Â ´õ ³ªÀº Åõ¼ö°¡ µÉ ¼ö ÀÖ¾ú´Ù.
Now, Zito can toss in the slider or two-seamer when he's in a jam like that, and give the batter something else to think about. He has more ways of getting batter out these days, and he's a better pitcher for it.

ÇÏÁö¸¸ ÀÌ·± ¼±ÅñÇÀÇ Áõ°¡´Â ±×¸¸ÇÑ ´ñ°¡¸¦ Ä¡¸£±â ¸¶·Ã´Ù. ÁöÅä´Â 2003³â, ½½¶óÀÌ´õÀÇ À§·ÂÀ» ¹è°¡½Ã۰í ÇßÁö¸¸, ´ç½Ã Åõ¼öÄÚÄ¡¿´´ø ¸¯ ÇÇÅͽ¼Àº ±×°ÍÀ» Çã¶ôÇÏÁö ¾Ê¾Ò´Ù. ÀÌÀ¯ÀÎÁï, ±×°¡ ½½¶óÀÌ´õ¸¦ ´øÁö°Ô µÇ¸é ±×ÀÇ ÆÈ²ÞÄ¡ °¢µµ°¡ Á÷±¸, Ä¿ºê. ±×¸®°í üÀÎÁö¾÷À» ´øÁú¶§º¸´Ù ´õ ³·¾ÆÁø´Ù´Â ÀÌÀ¯¿¡¼­¿´´Ù. °ÆÁ¤ÇÑ´ë·Î, ¸±¸®Áî Æ÷ÀÎÆ®°¡ ÀÏÁ¤Ä¡ ¾Ê°í Â÷ÀÌÁ¡ÀÌ ¹ß»ýÇÑ´Ù¸é, ±×°ÍÀº ¹®Á¦¸¦ ¾ß±âÇÒ ¼ö ÀÖ´Ù.
But these extra options come at a price. Zito wanted to implement the slider way back in 2003, but then-pitching coach Rick Peterson didn't let him, because when he throws it, his arm angle is slightly lower than with his fastball, curve, and changeup. With two separate release points to worry about, finding those points can be a problem.

±×°¡ ½½¶óÀÌ´õ¸¦ ÀåÂøÇÑ ÀÌÈÄ 2³âµ¿¾È, ±×´Â ÀÌÀü ½ÃÁ𺸴٠´õ ¸¹Àº º¼³Ý°ú ÇǾÈŸÀ²À» ³²°å´Ù. ±×´Â ½ÃÁð ù ¸îÁÖµ¿¾È ¸Å¿ì Èûµç ½ÃÁðÀ» Ä¡·ï¾ßÇß°í, ±× 2³âµ¿¾È 4¿ùÀÇ ¹æ¾îÀ²Àº 6.00À» ³Ñ¾î°¡´Â Áö°æ¿¡ À̸£·¶´Ù. ±×·¸Áö¸¸ ÁöÅä´Â ±× Á÷ÈÄ¿¡ ´Ù½Ã ¿¹ÀüÀÇ '°¨' À» µÇã¾Ò´Ù.
In the two years, since he added the slider, he's had more walks and hit batsmen than any previous season. He's had a particularly hard time in the first few weeks of the seasons, with April ERAs over 6.00 each of the last two years. He does seem to find his groove after awhile, however.

ÇÏÁö¸¸ ´ç½ÅÀÌ ÀÚÀ̾ðÃ÷ ÆÒÀ̶ó¸é, ±×°ÍÀº ºÐ¸í ¿ì·ÁÇÒ¸¸ÇÑ ºÎºÐÀÌ´Ù. ³ª´Â ÁöÅäÀÇ ½ºÅÍÇÁ°¡ °¨¼ÒÇß´Ù´Â ±× ¾î¶² Áõ°Åµµ ãÁö ¸øÇßÁö¸¸, ±×ÀÇ Á¦±¸·ÂÀÌ ÁÖÃãÇϰí ÀÖ°í, ŸÀÚµéÀÌ ÇØ°¡ °ÅµìµÉ¼ö·Ï ÁöÅä¿¡°Ô ÀûÀÀÇÏ´Â °ÍÀº ¸íÈ®ÇÑ »ç½ÇÀ̱⠶§¹®ÀÌ´Ù.
But it is something to be concerned about, if you're a Giants fan. I see no evidence that Zito's stuff has declined, but there is evidence that his control is faltering, and that batters have adjusted to him more and more over the years.



***

ÇÑÆíÀ¸·Î´Â, ÁöÅä´Â ÀÌÁ¦ ¸®±×¸¦ ¹Ù²Ù¾ú´Ù. ±×´Â '°èȹ 1' À» º¸Áö ¸øÇÑ Å¸ÀÚµéÀ» »ó´ëÇÏ°Ô µÉ °ÍÀÌ´Ù. ¾Æ¸¶µµ ±×´Â ¿¹Àüó·³ ½½¶óÀÌ´õ¿Í Åõ½ÉÀ» ÀÚÁÖ ¾²Áö ¾Ê¾Æµµ µÉ °ÍÀ̰í, ¿¹Àüó·³ '¼¼°¡Áö ±¸Áú' ½ºÅ¸ÀϷΠȸ±ÍÇÒ ¼öµµ ÀÖÀ» °ÍÀ̸ç, ¸±¸®Áî Æ÷ÀÎÆ®¸¦ ÀÏÁ¤ÇÏ°Ô À¯ÁöÇÒ ¼ö ÀÖÀ» °ÍÀÌ´Ù.
On the other hand, Zito is switching leagues. He'll be facing a whole new set of batters who haven't seen Plan A before. He may not have to use the slider and two-seamer all that often, and perhaps he can go back to that three-pitch sequence, and lock in that release point earlier in the year.

ÇÏÁö¸¸ ±×°ÍÀº ÇØ°áÃ¥ÀÌ µÉ ¼ö ¾ø´Ù. °á±¹, ŸÀÚµéÀº ±×ÀÇ Åõ±¸¹æ½Ä¿¡ ´ëÇØ ¹è¿ï °ÍÀ̸ç, ±×µéÀº °æ±â¿¡¼­ ÁÁÀ»¶§¿Í ÁÁÁö ¾ÊÀ»¶§¿¡ ´ëÇØ Àͼ÷ÇØÁö¸é¼­ ÁöÅä¿¡ ÀûÀÀÇÒ °ÍÀÌ´Ù. ±×¸®°í ±×¶§ ÁöÅä´Â °ú°Å·Î ȸ±ÍÇØ¾ßÇÒ °ÍÀÌ´Ù. °ú¿¬ ÁöÅä°¡ ÃßÈÄ 7³âµ¿¾È ±×°°Àº µÎ°¡Áö ¸±¸®Áî Æ÷ÀÎÆ®¸¦ Á¦¾îÇÒ ¼ö ÀÖÀ»±î ?
But that will only last so long. Eventually, batters will learn his sequences, they'll learn how to figure out what's working and what isn't in a particular game, and adjust their approach against Zito. And then Zito will have to adjust back. Can Zito keep those two release points under control for the next seven years?



***

³ª´Â ¹è¸® ÁöÅ並 º¸´Â °ÍÀÌ ÁÁ´Ù. Ä¿ºêº¼ÀÌ Á¦´ë·Î ±¸»çµÇ°í ŸÀÚµéÀÌ ³ôÀº ÂÊ, ¹Ù±ùÂÊ Á÷±¸¿¡ Çì¸Å°í, ¸öÂÊ °ø¿¡ ²Ä¦ ¸øÇÏ°í ¹æ¸ÁÀ̸¦ µ¹·Á¼¼¿ì°Ô ÇÒ¶§ ±× Àç¹Ì¸¦ ÀüÇØÁÖ´Â Åõ¼ö´Â ¸¹Áö ¾Ê´Ù. ±×¸®°í ³ª´Â ±×°¡ ÃßÈÄ 7³â¿¡ ´ëÇØ ´ëºñÃ¥À» °®°í ÀÖÀ» °ÍÀ̶ó°í È®½ÅÇÑ´Ù. ÇÏÁö¸¸ ¿©±â¿¡´Â ±â·Ï¿¡¼­ºÎÅÍ ´«À¸·Î °üÂûµÇ´Â °Í±îÁö ³Ê¹«µµ ¸¹Àº À§Çè ½ÅÈ£µéÀÌ ÀÖ´Ù. ÁöÅäÀÇ ÄÁÆ®·ÑÀÌ Èçµé¸°´Ù¸é '°èȹ 1' ÀÌ Á¦´ë·Î ½ÇÇàµÇÁö ¾Ê´Â ³¯ÀÌ ¸¹¾ÆÁú °ÍÀ̰í, Çö¸íÇÑ ¼±ÅÃÀ̶ó´Â ÁöÅä¿¡°Ô ¸¹Àº µ·À» ÅõÀÚÇÑ °Í¿¡ ´ëÇÑ À§ÇèÀÌ ½ÇÁ¦ ¹ß»ýÇϱ⠶§¹®ÀÌ´Ù.
I love watching Barry Zito. When that curveball is working, and those batters are flailing at that fastball up and away, and turning themselves in to pretzels trying to hit the jammer, there aren't many pitchers more fun to watch. And I'm sure he'll have plenty of those days over the next seven years. But there are too many warning signs, both from the stats and from the eyes, that Zito's control may be wavering, that there might be too many days where Plan A is not in effect, to make risking that much money on him a wise choice.

³ª´Â ±×·¯ÇÑ °ÍµéÀ» ÀÚÀ̾ðÃ÷°¡ ÁöÅä¿¡°Ô¼­ 1¾ï 2,600¸¸´Þ·¯ÀÇ °¡Ä¡¸¦ ¾òÀ» ¼ö ÀÖÀ» °ÍÀ̶ó´Â ¿Ïº®Çϸ®¸¸Å­ ÁÁÀº ±Ûµé¿¡¼­ Àоú´Ù. ÇÏÁö¸¸ ´ç½ÅÀÌ °øÁöÇÑ´Ù¸é, ¿©±â¿¡´Â ¼ö¸¹Àº "±×·¯³ª" , "¾Æ¸¶µµ" , "¾î¼¸é" °ú °°Àº ´Ü¾îµéÀÌ ¹®Àå ¸¶Áö¸· ºÎºÐ¿¡ ºÙ¾îÀÖÀ» °ÍÀÌ´Ù. ÀÚÀ̾ðÃ÷´Â ¿µ¿øÇÑ »çÀÌ¿µ»ó È常¦ ¾ò¾úÁö¸¸, Æò±ÕÁ¤µµ µÇ´Â ¼±¼ö¿¡°Ô ½´ÆÛ½ºÅ¸±Þ ¿¬ºÀÀ» ¹ÙÄ¥ °¡´É¼ºµµ ÃæºÐÇÏ´Ù. ¸¸ÀÏ ³»°¡ 1¾ï 2,600¸¸´Þ·¯¸¦ ¾´´Ù¸é, ³ª´Â º¸´Ù ´õ 'È®½ÇÇÑ' ¿¡ ÅõÀÚÇÒ °ÍÀ̰í, º¸´Ù ´úÇÑ '¾Æ¸¶µµ' ¸¦ ãÀ» °ÍÀÌ´Ù.

I find it a perfectly plausible scenario that the Giants will get their $126 million worth from Barry Zito. But if you'll notice, there were a lot of "however" and "maybe" and "perhaps"-type words in the last few paragraphs. The Giants could be getting a perennial Cy Young candidate, but they could just as easily be spending superstar money for an average player. If I'm spending $126 million, I want a lot more certainty, and a lot fewer maybes.



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¶óÀ̾ð´Ô Àǰ߰ú ¿øÀÛÀÚÀÇ °ßÇØ°¡ µ¿ÀÏÇÑ °Í °°½À´Ï´Ù. (¾öÁö) ¿øÀÛÀÚ¿¡°Ô ¸ÞÀÏÀ» º¸³Â´õ´Ï ´ÙÀ½°ú °°Àº ¸ÞÀÏÀÌ µ¹¾Æ¿Ô½À´Ï´Ù. ¹ø¿ªÀº »ý·«ÇÕ´Ï´Ù.

That would probably require an essay just as long as the other one,
but I don't have time to do that. It's different, because Zito can't
throw that fastball out of the same slot as the curveball. A fastball
right there to a left-handed batter would be right at the batter's
head, and he'd never be tempted to swing at it. So instead of using
the curveball to set up the fastball as an out pitch, he has to use
the fastball to set up the curveball as an out pitch. It's a much
more conventional confrontation.

Zito's approach vs. LHB is not all that different from other LHPs. So
it's not surprising that his numbers against LHBs look similar to
other LHPs.

07¡¤01¡¤18 07:42

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