Huston Street hit the nail on the head Tuesday in Minnesota.
Not long after closing out Barry Zito’s monumental victory over fellow Cy Young winner Johan Santana in the din of the Homerdome, Street, asked about Zito’s performance, displayed the same kind of economy with his words that Zito had displayed with his pitches in giving the A’s the home-field hammer in their American League Division Series against the Twins.
“That’s why we want to keep him here in Oakland,” Street said, “and why we probably can’t afford him.”
Correct on both counts.
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