Official Tim Lincecum Cy Young thread

[fourstar]

<------- Congrats linCY!!!

The silver lining of being a Giants and niners fan

[ceribrik]

how are they going to sign him when everybody in the organization technically works for barry zito and they can't afford two and they can't give him a cent less?

[fourstar]

Well he is under team control for another 4/5 years till he is unrestricted and Zito is off the books in 5 (long) years. It shouldnt be a problem to keep him around, they know they cant afford to lose him

[MattyCakes]

if only the mets made the playoffs...

[Gabe]

Awesome, he definitely deserved it over Webb and Santana.

Cliff Lee - AL Cy Young

[Tony E]

Congrats Timmay!

[Serpent Boy]

Lincecum is awesome. He's my favorite young pitcher in baseball and the foundation of my keeper team.

[Jenkem Dealer]

Yeah I was stoked about this.. even though he gave the Cardinals a shellacking earlier this year I am still happy for him. Maybe it's because both him and I are named Tim.

[csb]

Can't beat this for timing, which means either 2K Sports got lucky, guessed smart, or they had an inside source telling them who was gonna win the Cy Young award today. But just as soon as Tim Lincecum of the San Francisco Giants was named the National League's best pitcher, 2K Sports came back announcing him as their cover athlete for next year's Major League Baseball 2K9.

Lincecum, he of the flowing mane and whiplash delivery, won the Cy Young by a comfortable margin, getting 23 first place votes. The next best guy got four, so maybe it was just a shrewd call on Take Two's part. In the news release, Tim did the boilerplate spokesmans-thing for the game, calling it "another dream come true" and "an absolutely surreal experience." But he also swears he's definitely a gamer and touts himself as the best one in the Giants' clubhouse "by far."

"I look forward to lending my baseball knowledge to the development process,” he says. Interesting. Wonder if they're going to tinker with the pitching mechanics in the next release.

[allison wonderland]

needs a pic in opening post to be an "official" thread

[Blindreepr]

the one thing the Giants have going for them.

[supafuzz]

brandon came in second. trying to hit his balls was about the only time in my life i thought i might die.