Dee ihe ga-aga n'ihu na paragraf a - Barry Zito nọrọ oge abụọ ọzọ na A's mgbe ha gbanwere Hudson na Mulder. N'oge 2006, Zito kwụsịrị na ndekọ 16-10, 3.83 ERA, na 151 strikeouts iji nyere aka duzie A's na aha AL West. Zito nwere ọpụpụ siri ike maka A's na Egwuregwu 1 nke ALDS ka ọ hapụrụ naanị otu ọsọ na innings asatọ iji duru A's gaa mmeri 3-2 na Minnesota Twins na Egwuregwu 1. A's mechara merie egwuregwu abụọ ndị ọzọ iji kpochapụ Twins ma gaa n'ihu na 2006 ALCS maka oge mbụ kemgbe 1992
, na-emekwa mmeri nke mbụ ha na postseason kemgbe 1990. Zito weghaara ugwu maka Egwuregwu 1 nke ALCS megide Detroit Tigers ma nyefee ọsọ ise na 3.2 innings ka ndị A dara na Tigers 5-1. A's mechara tufuo egwuregwu atọ sochirinụ ma merie ndị Tigers na ALCS.