Wednesday was both a good day and a bad day for our Bring Barry Zito to Fresno campaign. You see, the Giants fibbed on that sending-him-to-the-bullpen thing. Maybe he became bros down there with Brian Wilson (them both being beach boys and all), but that's it. The Giants stuck Zito back in the starting rotation for Wednesday's game against the always-lowly Pittsburg Pirates.

The upshot? Zito didn't do half bad. The Giants lost 3-1 and Zito took the L, knocking him to 0-7. Let's examine the ramifications that had on our Bring Zito to Fresno movement.

Bad: Zito gave up only five hits and equaled that in strikeouts. And the two runs he submitted came on a homer, so you could make the case Zito didn't pitch too bad at all.

Good: Zito is still 0-7 and that's still the worst mark in the league -- by far. His ERA is still at 6.95 and the only way he's seeing 90 MPH anytime soon is if it's in Hilary Duff's Benz.

Fresno? It doesn't look likely in the immediate future. Fact is that after the way he's been rocked this season, yesterday's loss is a mini-victory in Zito Land. Oh well, we still have Zabka.