Giants, Lincecum haven’t talked new contract
scoresreport.com 7/2/2009 — At the beginning of the 2009 MLB season, the Giants and reigning Cy Young Award winner Tim Lincecum set out to talk long-term contract and keep the ace in San Francisco for years to come. But according to Lincecum’s agent Rick Thurman, the Giants haven’t brought the topic up again since.  ...

Lincecum runs scoreless streak to 23 innings
scoresreport.com 7/5/2009 — Tim Lincecum pitched seven scoreless innings in the Giants’ 9-0 win over the Astros on Saturday. He has now thrown 23 scoreless innings in his last three games and has lowered his ERA to 2.23 while amassing a 9-2 record. So much for Lincecum’s arm falling off. After tossing 227 innings ...

Lincecum on a leash
hardballtimes.com 7/14/2009 — Tim Lincecum: more prepared this year than last : With tonight's temperatures expected to reach a humid 86 degrees, Tim Lincecum knows from experience how to get ready for his first All-Star Game appearance — drink lots of liquids. The San Francisco Giants' ace, picked to start for the ...

Can Tim Lincecum reach 300 strikeouts this season?
sports.yahoo.com 8/3/2009 — Fans of Dan Haren can feel free to disagree with me, but I'd argue that Tim Lincecum is definitely en route to the second straight Cy Young award despite only racking up 80 appearances for his career so far.   And since watching Tiny Tim ...

Did the Giants Make a $10 Million Mistake With Tim Lincecum?
mlbdailydish.com 7/2/2009 — More photos » by Jeff Roberson - AP Browse more photos » May 6 th , 2007 This is the date the Giants purchased the contract of pitcher Tim Lincecum from ...

POSTGAME NOTES: The Giants’ $10 million decision on Lincecum, Rowand OK, Ishikawa’s big swing, party at Woody’s shed | Extra Baggs
blogs.mercurynews.com 6/30/2009 — Whenever Tim Lincecum has a dominant start, and you can start setting a metronome by it now, I start to wonder if the Giants made a $10 million mistake on May 6, 2007. That’s when they purchased Lincecum’s contract from Triple-A Fresno. If the Giants ...

Tim Lincecum is Exactly What You Think
bootleggersports.com 5/6/2009 — I think Tim also built a boat with his two friends San Francisco Giants’ pitcher Tim Lincecum isn’t just a Cy Young Award winning phenom. He’s also the reason to watch the Giants play and the reason they occasionally win. He beat the Chicago Cubs in Wrigley yesterday all ...

Lincecum’s Great Changeup
fangraphs.com 7/15/2009 — Last night Tim Lincecum was the youngest pitcher to start an all-star game since Dwight Gooden . Lincecum is having a great year, striking out over 10.5 batter per nine, with, having cut his walk rate for the third year in a row, a K/BB over four. He ...

San Francisco Giants : The Splash : Lincecum named to start All-Star Game (WITH UPDATE)
sfgate.com 7/13/2009 — John Shea reporting from St. Louis . . . One year after he never showed at the All-Star Game because of flu-like symptoms and dehydration, Tim Lincecum will be the National League starter for Tuesday's game at Busch Stadium, The Chronicle learned. The ...

ALL-STAR GAME / Who is Tim Lincecum anyway?
sfgate.com 7/14/2009 — Of this year's 66 All-Stars, the Yankees' teammates have been selected the most, 10 times each, so they were flooded on the eve of tonight's 80th All-Star Game with questions from the national media on a variety of subjects. But even in this era of ...

Tim Lincecum and Matt Cain Go Head-to-Head for NL All-Star Starter Nod — Bleacher Report - MLB 6/24/2009
Let’s face it, San Francisco Giants fans, players, management, broadcasters, and all the other employees at AT&T Park have been completely spoiled this season. The starting pitching staff the Giants roll out on a daily basis, sans Jonathan ...

CC SAYS BULLPEN SESSION 'FELT GOOD' — NY Post: Sports 6/24/2009
> ATLANTA -- After a highly anticipated bullpen session, CC Sabathia reiterated today that he would make his next scheduled start for the Yankees, Friday night against the Mets at Citi Field. "I felt good," Sabathia said after throwing 27 ...

Sabathia says he's OK for Friday start — FOXSports.com News for MLB 6/25/2009
New York Yankees ace CC Sabathia threw in the bullpen before Wednesday's game against the Atlanta Braves and said he'll be ready to start the opener of a weekend series against the New York Mets. Sabathia threw 27 pitches after leaving his last start ...

CC Sabathia ready to make start for New York Yankees Friday — ESPN.com - MLB 6/25/2009
CC Sabathia is looking forward to starting Friday after leaving his last start with biceps tightness.

SF Giants Lesser Known Struggle: League's Best Pitching Every Other Day — Bleacher Report - MLB 6/25/2009
The book on the Giants reads like this: the team has an excellent pitching staff but struggles to push runs across the plate. If anything keeps them from winning, it will be their lineup which lacks a true middle of the order hitter and often ...