The Phillies beat the Giants 2-1 last night (as the Rockies lost as well) and everyone seems to clamor that Pedro Martinez out-dueled Cy Young winner Tim Lincecum.
Hellooooo!!! Lincecum allowed two runs in the game, struck out 11 batters and gave up four hits. Martinez allowed one run (a homer), struck out nine and gave [...]
Been taking heat from people about my “homer” pick, a pitcher in the first round of our fantasy baseball team.
I’m still laughing at that one.
I posted here my entire fantasy draft. There are 10 people in my league to give you some sort of idea of how long it took people to draft. As noted [...]
Grant at McCoveyChronicles.com, a sports blog nation blog on the San Francisco Giants, lists his 10 reasons why the he’s not worried about Tim Lincecum after his faulty two starts to begin the season. There’s some gems in the list. Particularly:
7. Young pitchers are a static, predictable group without a propensity for wildly fluctuating performances. [...]
The Major League Baseball season started in full swing Monday with 13 games. But if you’re like me, and many of you are, you weren’t really paying attention yet because there happened to be a little thing called the NCAA championship going on. No problem. But if you’ve got any of my last-minute procrastination qualities [...]
Hold your horses Giants fans. The jury is still out on whether picking up the Big Unit is worth the risk.
What made the Giants so confident in him, that they rolled the dice on a 21-year veteran? What says he doesn’t break down? Yeah, it’s a one-year contract, but does that guarantee 30 starts? Ten [...]
11Nov08
Lincecum wins Cy Young
Congratulations to the best young pitcher of baseball — Tim Lincecum — for winning this year’s Cy Young award. I didn’t think it was possible, but he sure as hell proved me wrong … and I’m glad for it.
From SFGate.com:
In balloting announced by the Baseball Writers Association of America, Lincecum won in a landslide. He [...]
