The San Francisco Giants thought they signed up an ace pitcher for their staff, but what pitching coach Dave Righetti saw today made him a little nervous.  "Yeah," he said. "He said he was going to do a little something different. He was right. That's a little bit different. That's a first. I got my measuring stick out. He was talking about being bound up and having some freedom on the mound. He's doing all right. We'll get used to watching it. ... We'll see if he can make pitches doing that. He'll end up finding out."  Huh?

Evidently, Zito has changed his delivery.  He now bounces a bit before taking a big step back.  Then he drives the pitch forward using more of his legs than in the past.  This is supposed to make his stride longer and more fluid.  When he releases the ball, and sticks the landing, he gestures delicately with his hand as though raining pixie dust on the pitch.

Zito says, "It's an old-school kind of delivery." While Coach Righetti seemed to have other things on his mind, "We'll see how sore his groin is tomorrow.  Most guys won't do that, they'll think about it, he continued.  They won't really take it all the way unless they've had an injury or unless they've been getting killed. It's very rare that you see this. He's been successful. He must have felt pretty strong about it."  Huh?