OAKLAND -- Tim Hudson and Barry Zito will take center stage Saturday, and their former teammates are fired up about the matchup. Eric Chavez, a third baseman on those contending A's teams, texted the veteran pitchers this week and asked Hudson how the "air is up there" as a 40-year-old. Hudson hasn't responded yet.
"I've gotta put my reading glasses on," he cracked.
"You have to increase the font," Zito said, laughing.
There was a lot of that kind of talk Friday when the two sat side by side in the press conference room at O.