Just because it was pretty obvious that the Rhino on this season of The Masked Singer was former Cy Young-winning pitcher Barry Zito doesn’t take away from his amazing run on the FOX singing competition show.
Zito made it all the way to the semifinals and performed a Tim McGraw song, Humble and Kind that had judge Nicole Scherzinger wiping away tears. But his run ended and Zito — who has a post-baseball music career — was unmasked and judge Ken Jeong celebrated because he correctly guessed it was the pitcher under there.
Here’s a snippet of his final performance and a post-reveal interview:
Zito joins Rob Gronkowski and Tony Hawk as the athletes who have appeared on this season.
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