Tim Lincecum News

Giants, Lincecum (18-5) go out winners
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September 29
San Jose Mercury News
 
"Warrior spirit, you say? The Giants played with it most of the year, tin swords and all. And they stood their ground one last time Sunday afternoon, fighting for a come-from-behind 3-1 victory over the Los Angeles Dodgers that held more significance than mere fist bumps at the end of a 72-90 season. There was Tim Lincecum's Cy Young candidacy, for starters, and the pliant little right-hander put another gilded page in his resume. He tied a career high with 13 strikeouts over seven innings and finished with 265, becoming the first Giants pitcher in the modern era to lead the major leagues. He also became the first major leaguer in 22 years to record his first nine outs via strikeout; the ..."
Lincecum makes case
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September 29
San Francisco Chronicle
 
"Ninety-loss seasons are not created equally. When the Giants finished 71-91 last year they seemed like a dying tree, its browned leaves cracking in the autumn wind. When they beat the Dodgers 3-1 on Sunday to finish 2008 at 72-90, the players scattered for the winter on the wings of hope that they at least laid the foundation for a winning future. How could they feel otherwise when Tim Lincecum, age 24, struck out 13 to complete one of the most dominating seasons by a Giants pitcher? Or when Pablo Sandoval (22) and Nate Schierholtz (24) singled home the tying and go-ahead runs in the seventh inning to ensure Lincecum would finish 18-5? Or when Brian Wilson (26) saved it with help of a ..."
Who's the Cy guy?
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September 28
San Francisco Chronicle
 columnist John Shea
"When Tim Lincecum prematurely left Tuesday's game, the prevailing feeling was he coughed up the Cy Young Award. He was destined for a second straight loss and seemingly crushed by a heavy workload. The jump-to-conclusion sentiment was that Brandon Webb had it wrapped up based on his league lead in wins and contributions in a pennant race. But since then, the Diamondbacks flamed out and lost the division title to the Dodgers, and suddenly it became difficult to overlook what Webb did in three key starts from Aug. 26 to Sept. 6 - all one-sided losses, including two to the Dodgers, with his ERA ballooning from 2.74 to 3.41. The Diamondbacks fell from three games ahead of the Dodgers to a ..."
Webb deserves Cy Young
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September 28
Arizona Republic
 columnist Paola Boivin
"Sue me. Tag me old school. Revoke my membership to the Secret Society of Sabermetricians if you must, but don't tell me Brandon Webb isn't Cy Young worthy. Don't call me Homer unless it's a nod to a certain Greek poet. Watching Webb face the Colorado Rockies on Saturday night made me wonder if this current trend of devaluing a pitcher's win total could erroneously put the ace's chance for the award in jeopardy. Numbers shmumbers. Twenty-two victories is a perfect reason Webb should win his second Cy Young in the past three years. While others will argue for San Francisco's Tim Lincecum's superior ERA (2.66 vs. 3.30) and strikeout total (252 vs. 183), Webb's ability to gauge his team's ..."
A rocky outing hurts Lincecum's Cy Young chances
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September 24
Sacramento Bee
 columnist Paul Gutierrez
"Well, that's no way to bolster your Cy Young Award candidacy. And too bad, too, because Tim Lincecum, who has made opposing hitters look foolish all season while giving a certain electricity to AT"
Tough night for Timmy
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September 24
San Jose Mercury News
 columnist Ann Killion
"Tuesday night was the Giants' version of postseason fever. Every pitch was fraught with meaning. Every at-bat was tense. Every scoring decision was enormous. All the Giants' hopes and dreams are wrapped up in one skinny kid and a mid-November award announcement. But the excitement faded early. Tim Lincecum — on the same night he became the Giants' all-time single-season strikeout leader — had one of his worst outings of the season. He lost to Colorado. And he might have lost the Cy Young Award in the process. "I could care less right now," a disappointed Lincecum said after the game. "It's not my goal right now. I want to improve on every game, and that's not what I did today." But one ..."