Barry Zito was offered two more years and $50 million more by the Giants than the Mets, but he still thinks he would probably be in San Francisco had the offers been the same. "I think it was primarily their honesty, and my instincts were telling me I was getting some standup guys who were up front," Zito said. "There weren't a lot of games being played, a lot of mind games. This was my first run at this. I haven't experienced much in my life that was similar. People who are standup guys and look you in the eyes, and you trust what they're saying, it goes a long way. "Beyond that, it was just the commitment to winning and getting a championship this year, and if not this year, next year, and doing everything in line with that goal, seeing it through and getting after it, which is what I do on the field." In Zito, the Giants saw a player whose "passion, professionalism and personality meet his talent," Sabean said. "This was a definite want and need on the part of our ballclub as a whole. Everybody I've talked to in the organization is beside themselves."