LinCYcum
ShysterBall —
... 3, Dodgers 1: For as much as I've been criticizing the Giants for so openly pimping Lincecum for the Cy Young award, they may very well have done it with this final performance (7 IP, 4 H, 1 ER, 13K). Indeed, if I had a vote I'd probably make Timmy my number one choice (though I could be talked into Santana if you gave me enough wine, and believe that Webb may very well get it anyway). That still doesn't mean they should have been pimping him, mind you.Well, it worked: Tim Lincecum is the National League Cy Young Award winner, taking home ...
Score one for analysis
It's About The Money - A New York Yankees Blog —
Rather than blindly picking the guy with the most wins (Webb, 22), the voters actually looked at the underlying numbers and made the right choice: Lincecum was the NL Cy Young winner. ...
Tim Lincecum wins the N.L. Cy Young Award
Lone Star Ball —
... Tim Lincecum was the runaway winner of the N.L. Cy Young Award, getting 23 of 32 first place votes and being named on every ballot but one. ...
Lidge Finishes 4th In Cy Young Vote
Phillies Nation —
... 24-year-old Tim Lincecum won the National League Cy Young award, and Phillies closer Brad Lidge finished in fourth place. He received 10 votes; Lincecum received 137 (23 first-place votes); Brandon Webb received 73 (4 first-place votes); and Johan Santana received 55 (4 first-place votes). Phillies starter and World Series MVP Cole Hamels received no votes. ...
Giants Starter Tim Lincecum Wins NL Cy Young
6-4-2 — an Angels/Dodgers double play blog —
Amazingly, the BBWAA did its job and handed Tim Lincecum the NL Cy Young Award. Lincecum is only the second Giants pitcher to win the award, the other being ...
Giants' Lincecum wins NL Cy Young
Batter's Box Interactive Magazine —
... Sabathia? Santana? Lidge? Webb? Nah ... Tim Lincecum nabbed the 2008 NL Cy Young Award, the first Giant to do so since Mike McCormick in 1967. ...
Lincecum's Cy Young a rare feat in Giants history
ESPN Feed: neyer rob —
... on winning the Cy Young Award : "I was definitely surprised. I thought it was going to be a lot closer." So did I. Lincecum picked up 23 of 32 possible first-place votes and was listed first or second on 30 of 32 ballots. I may have predicted, in a chat or somewhere, that Lincecum would win, but now of course I wish I'd been bolder about it. I think if you were able to somehow measure buzz , you'd find that there was a great deal of buzz about Lincecum in the second half of the season, particularly in August when he went 4-0 with a 1.27 ERA in six starts. But Lincecum got ...
Lincecum takes NL CY Young, 'Boston Irish' completely vindicated!
BOSTON IRISH —
... this since October first; NL Cy Young: Tim Lincecum Big CC takes the MVP and little Timmy takes the CY Young. Why doesn't CC take the Cy along with the MVP? Tim Lincecum's pure pitching numbers are actually even better! Why haven't I even mentioned Brandon Webb and his incredible 22-7 record? Tim Lincecum's pure pitching numbers are actually even better! Sure enough, the eligible voters felt the same way; Tim Lincecum, just 24 years old, went 18-5 and led all ...
Morning Rounds, November 12th
The Sports Complex —
... “Everybody is a little uncomfortable.” - Andre Iguodala
Three lines on their world:
Tim Lincecum is the National League Cy Young winner Even with Josh Smith sitting injured, the Hawks continued to roll And the Penguins took out the Red Wings in the first matchup between last year’s Stanley Cup finalists
Three lines on ours:
Sixers lost Flyers ...
Pete Wentz Wins NL Cy Young
Sons of Steve Garvey —
... , was nonetheless thrilled to receive baseball's highest pitching honor by taking 23 of 32 first-place votes. "I was definitely surprised. I thought it was going to be a lot closer," he said. ...
