Lincecum on Cain: 'I just love watching him pitch'

Just a simple back and forth between a writer and our two aces.

Sporting News: The Franchise and The Freak. Big Daddy and Big Sugar. Does anybody actually call you these things?

Lincecum: I hear them all the time. I get them from fans every place we go. (Former Giants reliever) Steve Kline tagged me with The Franchise or French Fries, whatever you want to call it. It's just funny names. You just roll with it.

Cain: I've had the Big Daddy one ever since my high school coach gave it to me. The Big Sugar one, I'm not too fond of; it makes me feel like I'm just eating too much candy. I don't know if I approve of that one.

(Disclosure: My 9-5 is for SportingNews.com.)

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just kidding, thanks for the link.

Billy Hayes: His job is better than yours.

by delorean on Sep 30, 2009 1:34 PM PDT reply actions

SN: Do you have nicknames for each other or do you go by the painfully unoriginal Tim and Matt?
Lincecum: Just Cainer. I call him Cainer.
Cain: Timmy. And a couple of names that we can’t talk about.

looool

Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
"AT LAST I AM A PARENTS." - Buster

by jponry on Sep 30, 2009 1:37 PM PDT reply actions

omg that whole article was adorable

Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
"AT LAST I AM A PARENTS." - Buster

by jponry on Sep 30, 2009 1:39 PM PDT up reply actions

Because Matt and Tim are so cute?

Aaron King is still my homeboy... iffy mechanics and all

McFAQ for all you newcomers out there.

GET THAT VORP AND WHIP SH!T OUTTA HERE!!!

by baetown415 on Sep 30, 2009 5:11 PM PDT up reply actions

Cool article.

"Being a McCoven is like being a member of the Green party. It’s powerlessness is part of the appeal." - oldjacket

by scout6 on Sep 30, 2009 1:48 PM PDT reply actions

French Fries?

I know you nerds know NOTHING about the real game of baseball, or any other athletic endeavor requiring teamwork under physical stress.
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by Natto on Sep 30, 2009 2:06 PM PDT reply actions

Sounds like Franchise? I don’t know…

by ryanmiles on Sep 30, 2009 2:40 PM PDT up reply actions

That and

apparently Tim’s love of junk food is legendary

"The BB's are out. The BB's are being arseholes to me." - Brian Wilson.

by hairball on Oct 1, 2009 10:53 AM PDT up reply actions

FUELED BY CHOCO TACOS

"Snow woulda had it!!!"
Has decided to put all his "In this thing" energy to being in the Shark Tank and the Big House.

by beat_la_25 on Oct 6, 2009 11:55 AM PDT up reply actions

love it

Billy Hayes: His job is better than yours.

by delorean on Sep 30, 2009 2:51 PM PDT up reply actions

Frylock?

Utter frustration and futility.

by Johnny Disaster on Sep 30, 2009 6:09 PM PDT up reply actions

that's Randy Winn.

co-dad of IshikaBOOM w/AfDC.
FIRE BOCHY FIRE MOLINA

by kennv on Oct 1, 2009 9:01 AM PDT up reply actions 1 recs

garlic franchise

Turns out you can spell Ugnio Vlz without 4 E's

by The Gene Hackman on Oct 1, 2009 10:46 AM PDT up reply actions

I love those guys

We're all basically Pedro Feliz.

by SF Pete on Sep 30, 2009 4:28 PM PDT reply actions

Cain has nicknames? And they are Big Daddy and Big Sugar?

by chilibean_3 on Sep 30, 2009 4:57 PM PDT reply actions

I like just "Sugar"

Sugar Cain.

"The BB's are out. The BB's are being arseholes to me." - Brian Wilson.

by hairball on Oct 1, 2009 10:54 AM PDT up reply actions

I see.

by chilibean_3 on Oct 1, 2009 3:06 PM PDT up reply actions

BTW

There has already been a “Sugar” Cain, a pitcher from 1932-1938.

http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/c/cainsu01.shtml

If you don't eat your meat, you can't have any pudding.

by SFGuy on Oct 1, 2009 10:52 PM PDT up reply actions

Also, “Candy” Cain.

by TheLetter2 on Oct 3, 2009 9:11 PM PDT up reply actions

Nova Cain

WHY IS BOCOCK?!

by Lars The Wanderer on Oct 5, 2009 10:34 AM PDT up reply actions

Super Nova Cain

Context, people. More context is good. Less context is bad. If you're willing to be reductive, then you're willing to be wrong.

by howtheyscored on Oct 5, 2009 10:49 AM PDT up reply actions

Coke Cain?

Utter frustration and futility.

by Johnny Disaster on Oct 6, 2009 4:22 PM PDT up reply actions

Great article. Thanks.

Utter frustration and futility.

by Johnny Disaster on Sep 30, 2009 6:15 PM PDT reply actions

I just read this today at the bookstore. My favorite part is where Cain says sometimes he wishes he threw all of Lincecum’s pitches. :D

by Hobbes2d on Oct 1, 2009 12:36 AM PDT reply actions

I like how both of them basically admit that Cain is a much better hitter, but without Tim losing face, or Cain looking like he’s bragging.

Merkin Valdez? Manuel Mateo? A rose by any other name...

by rotorueter on Oct 1, 2009 7:11 AM PDT reply actions

You read a piece like that, and

you immediately want Neukom to lock them both up to long-term deals. Aside from being good for the team and the game, the marketing opportunities for the team to have these two guys plus Pablo as the face of the franchise abound.

Responsible for the last great homegrown Giants team.

by Al Rosen on Oct 1, 2009 10:04 AM PDT reply actions

Agreed 100%

If they do nothing else right over the next 5-10 years, please please please keep these 3 dudes!

"The BB's are out. The BB's are being arseholes to me." - Brian Wilson.

by hairball on Oct 1, 2009 10:55 AM PDT up reply actions

I feel like I need a shower after that.

DOUBLE SWITCHES AND MATCH-UPS, THAT'S WHAT BRUCE BOCHY DOES!

by PAWarrior on Oct 1, 2009 1:13 PM PDT reply actions

I wonder if they finish..

Bay City Ball

by xanthan on Oct 2, 2009 8:46 AM PDT up reply actions

each others sentences?

A girl on the interwebz and fan of the pantaloons.
Real men don't wear batting gloves.

by GiantsBabe on Oct 2, 2009 9:49 AM PDT up reply actions

FTFY

each others ~~sentences~~ sandwiches?

by DividedByZero on Oct 2, 2009 3:57 PM PDT up reply actions

ITYM

… each other off?

Still backing Notgardo, wheresoever he may wander. (Don't forget to wriiiite!)

by tk on Oct 2, 2009 4:15 PM PDT up reply actions

slashfic!

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Long ago they came west over the mountains, and I have rooted for them years uncounted; and together through many ages of this world we have fought the long defeat.

by shanghaijim on Oct 10, 2009 10:58 AM PDT up reply actions

Fun article. The interview with Timmy and Matt is a little bit longer in the print version, and there’s 1 Q&A each with Rags, Bengie and Todd Helton which I thought were interesting.

by esseffgeez on Oct 2, 2009 10:38 AM PDT reply actions

Buddy movie waiting to happen!

Meet my new son: Sundrendy Windster, on the Curacao-SF express (via Arizona).

by EliminateMe on Oct 2, 2009 10:42 AM PDT reply actions

Fanfic on the way

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Long ago they came west over the mountains, and I have rooted for them years uncounted; and together through many ages of this world we have fought the long defeat.

by shanghaijim on Oct 2, 2009 3:41 PM PDT up reply actions

If not already.

by TheLetter2 on Oct 3, 2009 9:12 PM PDT up reply actions

Rule 34!

"I think I realized after the second or third punch, I should have taken his helmet off sooner." - Ryane Clowe
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Fools and Sages

by mymclife on Oct 5, 2009 1:50 PM PDT up reply actions