Wow we are young!

Even though Timmy has only been here a short time, he has given us nothing short of Magic.

Had to go with Timmy but Schmidt was the first true dominate power righty the Giants had since I started following the team. He was damn fun to watch.

something tells me that this one isn’t going to be very close

just b/c of his quirky windup and nasty stuff, and b/c he WILL win his 2nd cy young in just 3 yrs at the big leagues! GO TIMMAYY

I voted for Timmy. I have only been a Giants fan for 8 years, and have only been seriously following the team for about 4 years, so even though I’ve read about, and sometimes seen clips of these older players, it’s harder for me to grasp their influence on this fan base.

The only other two pitchers on this list that I would feel deserved my vote would be Matt Cain and Jason Schmidt. I remember Schmidt’s last year with us, and I was always impressed when he took the mound. I clearly remember watching his 16 strikeout game against the Marlins, and I adored him. But once he became a Dodger, that adoration was gone. Cain is a very close second, if not in a dead tie with Lincecum. You could tell that he would be a solid pitcher as soon as he came up. But Lincecum is special. I even know we may not see anything like him again, and these past 3 years have been incredible.

I love Tim, but Marichal is epic and legendary. Give us another 15 years of Tim, and he can be at that level.

Because I automatically think, “Donny Robinson,” which contributes to no debate beyond, “I bet you can’t think of any baseball players named Donny Robinson.” Though at least I’d WIN THAT DEBATE.

I was a huge schmidt fan, but the whole dodgers thing kind of ruined that. And of course I like cain, but I do like timmy more (despite using the name raisingcain – I’d been thinking of changing the name, partly b/c of that and partly b/c having joey martinez as my profile pic now is kind of confusing. But I don’t know how to change it. Whatever)

I’m giving Mark Gardner some love. Was I the only one watching the dreary years in between playoff runs in the mid-90’s?

impulse answer: Tim Lincecum
/scans list, notes great names
final answer: Tim Lincecum

i feel like such a n00b voting for Tim but Tim.

Brain says Tim, heart says Cain.

Cainer

grew up a giants fan watching him (and cain). he’s awesome

…and since this is a sentimental thread, and no one complained about my other poem post…

JUAN MARICHAL, TOPPS CARD #330, 1974

Juan Marichal’s face
                                     half shadow black from his hat
half coffee and cream
                                 beautifully Dominican
belies a faultline
                                 where he quaked
emotionally
                       so that in the 1965 pennant race he split open
Johnny Roseboro’s head
                with a bat.

                                 One side of him so cool
                          The other broiling hot
                                          like a San Francisco vista
                      like plate techtonics
                                           of rocks and seaspray and sky
                  of converging continents
                                            in control of a thousand pitches
             summoning fire beneath the surface
                                             at baffling angles & speeds & locations.
       a fastball going like shot lava.
                                   One image remains constant:
                               Juan Marichal on his planted right leg
                           his leg lifted high
                      foot above the hatline of his forehead
                toe pointed skyward
         pitcher poised in reverse arabesque
like a powerful prima ballerina.

Tim gets the nod but other favorites include: Burkett, Swift, Schmidt, and Mark Gardener.

Lance “Knuckleballer” Niekro

Voted: Timmy

Honorable Mentions:
Jerome Williams
Matt Cain
Rick Reuschel
Mike Krukow

but before them, my all-time favorite was Krukow as he was the ace while I was growing up in the mid-late 80’s.

I didn’t witness Marichal pitch, or really anyone before like the mid-80s. So my main candidates are Schmidt, Lincecum, Cain, Burkett, and Swift.

Schmidt was a monster for those first few years, before his arm almost fell off. Cain is a strong choice, because he’s Matt Cain. That’s got to count for something. Burkett and Swift were both awesome that 20 win season, and just seemed unbeatable.

But then there’s Lincecum. I feel good with that choice.

Lincecum it is.

I voted for Gaylord because he was as good as Marichal in a very different way… and I’ve always loved junk-ball pitchers, legal or not. In fact one of my least favorite trends in MLB is the dearth of knuckleball, screwball and (gasp) spit/scuffball pitchers.

But I was a kid in the 60s and I got to see these guys play. Likewsie, I got to see the Count, Kruk, Big Daddy et al… and of course our current studs. Lincecum is my favorite since Gaylord and he may end up being my favorite all-time Giant … don’t know if he’ll ever surpass Gaylord as my “all-time all-time”.

PS – My GF is a huge Cain fan.

…though it was tough to pass over the Enchanter.

However, I wanted to point out that at the moment, Lincecum is winning…with exactly 55% of the vote.

Too young to have watched anyone before Schmidt, so he was my favorite player when I first started really paying attention to the Giants. That fastball-changeup combo was unbelievable. Even when he signed with the Dodgers, I still kept his poster up on my wall.

I voted for Timmy, though. It’s been amazing to watch him develop into such a dominating pitcher in just three years, and I hope that down the road, he can turn into the Marichal of this generation.

If you havnt read it, you should, Perry is my favorite for a reason.

I love Tim Lincecum, and I know most of you guys are young, but picking him over Juan Marichal is just ridiculous. I know it’s a different era, but a six time 20 game winner, 244 complete games, 52 complete game shutouts, (one year he had ten!!) and his ERA from 1963-69 was 2.41, 2.48, 2.13, 2.23, 2.76, 2.43, and 2.10. He’s the greatest pitcher in SF Giant history, and Tim’s going to have to at least 5 more hall of fame years before he gets mentioned in the same sentence. And not only that, with the high leg kick Juan was just beautiful to watch. I’m usually jealous of people much younger than me, but one big thing I have over them is that I got to watch Juan Marichal pitch and you young guys missed it!

Soft Toss LaCoss?

Wish I could have watched Marichal.

Free Speech and all that. Some folks apparently forgot that this post is asking for someone’s OPINION… but that doesn’t excuse the younger guys for taking a shot at the older guys and vice versa.

That’s why I titled my post “Almost impossible to compare ‘then’ vs ‘now’”… if you didn’t see them play, why would they be your favorite? Gaylord is my favorite RHP, but he’s not the “greatest” nor is Linescum right now. Timmy may be someday, but the “greatest” is probably Mathewson or perhaps Marichal.

As the Big Unit said… senior moment… LOL!