Biography

Given the choice, says he would prefer to play the guitar like Jimi Hendrix than pitch a perfect game. He has a mini-recording studio in his bedroom, and takes music lessons in the off-season.

When playing baseball, he throws and bats left. But he's actually right-handed, which he uses for eating, playing the guitar and anything that requires dexterity.

His uncle is actor Patrick Duffy. Patrick is married to Barry's mother's sister.

Is a self taught guitar player, and sometimes plays along with his sister's band, "The Sally Zito Project".

As part of a team ritual for rookies, he was forced to wear a wedding dress. He admitted later he kind of liked it.

I can relate to anyone. I can hang out with stoners, skaters, surfers, stockbrokers, lawyers, athletes, rappers. I feel I can hang out with any group of people and find common ground to talk with them.

I refuse to be molded into some stereotypical ballplayer that has no interests, really, no life, no depth, no intelligence.

There's a part of me that wants to go streak and run outside and jump around and go swim in the ocean and do everything. The other part of me wants to bear down and repeat this kind of performance next year and in the years to come.

I view my pitching on how confident I was out there, period. And if I lose that confidence, I can become a prisoner of my own mind.

There's something to be said about the 'dumb jock' -- his intelligence doesn't get in the way. I think I'm more aware, so I fight more battles.