Payback’s a Pitch: Barry Zito Gets Revenge, Drills Prince Fielder

Posted: 4th March 2010 by Ted Sillanpaa in MLB
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The San Francisco Giants found an unlikely enforcer willing to play the role of the old-school tough guy on Thursday. Remember Prince Fielder's September 2009 walkoff home run that beat the Giants? How Fielder and his teammates enjoyed a choreographed celebration as Fielder crossed the plate? The Giants, particularly Zito, remember well. In Fielder's first at-bat versus the Giants since the celebration that caused a furor in the San Francisco clubhouse, Fielder took a Zito fastball flush on his right hip in Thursday's spring training game between the two teams in Arizona. It's conceivable Zito was also serving notice to Fielder that the three-run bomb he hit off the Giants lefty isn't forgotten either. After Fielder was hit by the pitch on Thursday, he picked up the ball and tossed it to t ...

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