The A's needed Barry Zito at his best and brightest Tuesday, and he gave them his worst and most agonizing.They needed big-game charisma, because this was an enormous game and Zito has loads of charisma. They needed playoff fortitude and curveball genius.Really, they needed Zito to be truly Zito at a time when you expected him to be even more.And he was less in the A's 5-1 Game 1 loss to the Detroit Tigers. So much less.He gave up five runs before the home crowd at McAfee Coliseum. He lasted only 3 2/3 innings. He cruised through the first 2 2/3, then just seemed to waste away, live, in public and in the biggest spotlight.He got some balls up,'' catcher Jason Kendall repeated over and over. ``He got some balls up.''
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