Tim Lincecum has been called "The Freak," "The Franchise" and "Seabiscuit."Lincecum went 18-5 with a 2.62 ERA, and he struck out 265 in 227 IP. He also had two complete games and one shutout.Now he can be called something else: The National League's Cy Young Award winner.
The Giants right-hander earned the prestigious honor, emblematic of the league's best pitcher, in voting conducted by the Baseball Writers' Association of America and announced Tuesday.
Lincecum received 23 of 32 first-place votes, seven second-place votes and one third-place vote for 137 points, which were assigned on a 5-3-1 basis. He outdistanced Arizona's Brandon Webb (73 points), the New York Mets' Johan Santana (55), Philadelphia's Brad Lidge (10), Milwaukee's CC Sabathia (9) and the Chicago Cubs' Ryan Dempster (4).
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Congrats Tim.
Congrats Tim.
I wish this dude was a Yankee.
So do I Marc, so do I. He's a great pitcher.
He also made the cover of 2K9.
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