Tim Lincecum

Tim Lincecum #55 of the San Francisco Giants looks on against the Philadelphia Phillies during a Major League Baseball game at AT&T Park on August 1, 2009 in San Francisco, California. (Getty Images) more pics » Tim Lincecum can't drive 55 or without weed in his car, apparently. (Getty Images) Tim "The Kid" Lincecum , the star pitcher for the San Francisco Giants, was arrested last week after being pulled over for going 74 mph in a 60 mph zone on Washington state highway I-5. According to a story in the Clark County Columbian , when the motorcycle cop approached the car, a 2006 ... Read Full Story

Giants ace Tim Lincecum won the NL Cy Young Award on Thursday for the second consecutive season to become the first repeat winner since Randy Johnson, emerging from one of the tightest votes in the history of the honor. Lincecum led the NL with 261 strikeouts and tied for the league lead with four complete games and two shutouts. The wiry right-hander, nicknamed "The Freak" for his giant stride, went 15-7 with a 2.48 ERA. Only 10 points separated the top three vote-getters. Chris Carpenter was second and St. Louis teammate Adam Wainwright was third, despite getting the most first-place votes. Lincecum received 11 ... Read Full Story

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Tim Lincecum of the San Francisco Giants won the National League Cy Young Award for the second successive year on Thursday. Lincecum, 15-7 with a 2.48 earned run average for the Giants, received fewer first-place votes than Cardinals starter Adam Wainwright in the balloting of members of the Baseball Writers' Association of America but won in a close vote. Wainwright (19-8, 2.63 ERA) finished third in the points tally behind team mate Chris Carpenter (17-4, 2.24 ERA). Lincecum was named first on 11 of the 32 ballots, cast by two writers from each league city, one fewer than Wainwright, but ... Read Full Story

San Francisco ace Tim Lincecum won his second straight Cy Young Award as the National League's outstanding pitcher Thursday, the first repeat winner since Randy Johnson. Lincecum led the National League with 261 strikeouts and tied for the league lead with four complete games and two shutouts. The right-hander went 15-7 with a 2.48 ERA and took the honors in one of the tighest votes in the history of the award. Only 10 points separated the top three vote-getters. St. Louis' Chris Carpenter was second and Cardinals teammate Adam Wainwright was third, despite getting the most first-place votes. Lincecum received 11 first-place votes, 12 ... Read Full Story

AP - On a day like no other in baseball history, two Cy Young Award winners in their primes changed teams. Read Full Story