I was contemplating Matt Cain’s new and very big contract while eating breakfast. That led me to think about Barry Zito’s old and very big contract.

“Do you think Zito’s contract is the worst in baseball history?” I asked Grant.

“In sports history,” he said, “unless there’s a worse contract in soccer, but I wouldn’t know about that.”

So, Dear Reader, do you think Zito’s contract is the worst in a) baseball history, b) sports history?