With Mays and Condi Rice chatting, Zito masters Astros
Henry Schulman, Chronicle Staff Writer
Thursday, May 24, 2007
The Giants' ballpark is the kind of place where Willie Mays might sit a spell with Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, which happened Wednesday night and begs the question, how much would you pay for a recording of that conversation?
It also is a place where Barry Zito is expected to weave his expensive brand of deception and win lots of games for the Giants, particularly if the pitcher on the other side is Matt Albers, career record 1-5.
It all went to script.
As Rice left the park in the eighth inning mostly to jeers - she should have walked out with Mays - the Giants polished off a 9-1 victory and a three-game sweep of the weak Houston Astros, who scored three runs in the series.
more, only on hte team and game, here:
http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2007/05/24/GIANTS.TMPComment: She has to expect this kind of response in SF. I suspect she would get it just about anywhere nowadays....
Ain't they having a swell time?
Giants great Willie Mays, left, chats with U.S. Secretary of State Condoleeza Rice and Australian Foreign Minister Alexander Downer. Chronicle photo by Kim Komenich