Published 6/30/2009
by Ranier Reglos
at Bleacher Report - MLB
Baseball fans we are witnessing something beautiful in the sport of our nation's past time, and it begins with two words, Tim Lincecum.
The San Francisco Giant's reigning Cy Young winner from last year is topping that magical season with another in the making.
Call him what you want, The Freak, The Franchise, The Bat Boy, Tiny Tim, because no matter what you call him, 55 doesn't care, he'll just strike you out.
Toss out the Verducci effect, the Sport Illustrated and MLB 2k cover curse, because start after start he continues to dazzle.
It is really hard to imagine that Tim Lincecum is having a better season than he did last year. But already in 3 of his last 4 starts he has 3 complete games, he had only 2 complete games all of last season.
Lets take a quick look at his stats thus far in the '09 season.
W-L: 8-2
ERA: 2.37
IP: 114
SO: 132
BB: 28
WHIP: 1.04
Is a repeat for the Cy Young imminent for the 5-11 fireballer?
Well, it is hard to ...
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