In a story that I initially assumed originated from a Bay Area sports fan’s fever dream, Barry Zito is now an up-and-coming professional musician.
Yes, former MLB All-Star Barry Zito recently put out his first EP of original songs that is currently charting at No. 18 on the Billboard Heatseekers chart, No. 15 on the Americana/Folk album chart, and No. 39 on the Country album chart.
This pillar of coolness (seen here in a 20001 [sic.] copy of the Oakland A’s Magazine) is now a bona fide rock star.
Okay, so “rock star” is probably a bit of an exaggeration, but he has still sold more albums and has won more Cy Youngs than I ever will.