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by Franchise55 on Jan 4, 2010 3:17 PM PST
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Is Tim Lincecum the best 10th overall draft selection in baseball history?
I went back over each of the draft picks and the only one that is worthy of argument is Mark McGwire. Here are some notable career achievements from each player.
Lincecum: (2 Full Seasons)
McGwire: (17 Full Seasons)
Thought it would make for an interesting discussion.
Other discussion starters include is Lincecum the best draft pick in Giants History?
Is Lincecum the greatest player in Baseball History?
If Lincecum used his Fastball to reverse the rotation of the earth and went back in time to face Babe Ruth would he strike him out with a Fastball, Curve, Change-Up, or Slider?
What would happen if Lincecum faced Bonds? Would we even still exist to discuss such a possibility?
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Bonds easy. Timmy has only played 2 years. Thats not even a comparison. Bonds is maybe the best player ever.
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by GrahamCrakalaka on Jan 4, 2010 3:50 PM PST up reply actions
He Is Talking About Watching A Bonds AB Against Lincecum
Even now with Barry out of baseball for two years I would pay big bucks to see a games worth of these.
by giantsrainman on Jan 4, 2010 4:21 PM PST up reply actions
Ya that would be pretty good
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by GrahamCrakalaka on Jan 4, 2010 4:45 PM PST up reply actions
It would be great. BLB would win though, he’s to smart; I’d bet he could figure Tim out.
Matt Cain: throwing complete game shutouts since 06'. No big deal.
by cain1rstballothof on Jan 4, 2010 9:26 PM PST up reply actions
Given one a bat, yes, there is chance.
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by GrahamCrakalaka on Jan 4, 2010 4:52 PM PST up reply actions
That said, Barry’s also the answer to who is the Giants greatest draft pick of all time… if you’re just talking about the picking and not the signing, anyway.
My Bucardo is better than yours.
A hot August weekday, before a small crowd, when the only thing at stake is the tissue-thin difference between a thing done well and a thing done ill. Insofar as the clutch hitter is not a sportswriter's myth, it is a vulgarity, like a writer who writes only for money.
And lincecum uses drugs
Bonds is “clearly” the winner!
I have finally accepted the fact that I will never win a McCoven award.
Barry would spank Timmy on the bottom.
Brian Sabean strongly encourages you to disregard the drudgery of your employment responsibilities and join him in the consumption of spirituous libations.
"nice try kid"
Then Barry would give him a coke and they’d both laugh and high-five.
by Into the Void on Jan 4, 2010 5:01 PM PST up reply actions
Hands-down McGwire. The Topps Rookie team selection seals it.
Also, I once saw his brother throw a pass into the back of the center’s head when he was QB for the Seahawks.
just a sambple of carbon-based wastage
Puts Him in Pretty Rare Company
with the likes of other all time greats like the “half Asian full sensation” Travis Ishikawa. Seriously though what Lincecum has done in 2 seasons is pretty ridiculous.
Time travel
Superman has proven conclusively that if you travel around the equator at the speed of light in a direction opposite the rotation, you can go back in time.
Tim should go back and pitch Game 6 of the 2002 World Series.
Flaxseed oil dependent
GREAT SCOTT
Brian Sabean strongly encourages you to disregard the drudgery of your employment responsibilities and join him in the consumption of spirituous libations.
IAWTC
Fuck Mike Scott
"If anybody deserves credit for this year’s turnaround it’s these two people, Brian and Bruce," Neukom said. "The encouraging thing is we think we’re back to playing baseball the way it ought to be played."
why the hate?
He’s the manager of the most profitable Dunder Mifflin branch!
Giants pitching coach Dave Righetti. "I treat Timmy differently from most pitchers: I leave him alone."
Mychael Urban: Wow. Probably Dye at this point. Good outfielder, could adapt to RF at AT&T, good RBI guy.
by natteringnabob on Jan 4, 2010 9:14 PM PST up reply actions
Curse of Eddie Grant gone
Tim Lincecum put in to face Scott Spezio in game 6 instead Felix Rodriguez
And then he'll take it higher.
HO!
"I don’t know why people feel the need to come up with reasons 'why' for everything..." - Missing Barry
by victor frankenstein on Jan 4, 2010 9:24 PM PST up reply actions
Tim might surpass McGwire someday, but I think it’s far too early to call now. There’s no way his achievements through 3 seasons trump McGwire’s in 17 (especially since, as we all know, if not for the steroids brouhaha, McGwire likely would have gotten into the HoF with 90+% on the first ballot.)
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
"AT LAST I AM A PARENTS." - Buster
Lincecum vs Ditka?
Da Berrz!
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by Flapjacks McGurty on Jan 4, 2010 5:19 PM PST reply actions
too hunnert and forty tree
ta zero
Giants pitching coach Dave Righetti. "I treat Timmy differently from most pitchers: I leave him alone."
Mychael Urban: Wow. Probably Dye at this point. Good outfielder, could adapt to RF at AT&T, good RBI guy.
by natteringnabob on Jan 4, 2010 5:37 PM PST up reply actions
CAIN 4 DITKA COME ON SABES
Brian Sabean strongly encourages you to disregard the drudgery of your employment responsibilities and join him in the consumption of spirituous libations.
Throw in Joe Crede and that’s a great deal.
by Into the Void on Jan 4, 2010 6:18 PM PST up reply actions
Trick Question
Tim Lincecum is Ditka…’s father.
In the end, America will be remembered for three things: the Bill of Rights, jazz, and baseball.
Lincecum
Given any kind of reasonable career trajectory, going forward. McGwire=overrated, imho.
Officially disinterested in any high school outfielders from the state of Mississippi.
Proud adoptive parent of Sergio Romo. Looking forward to adopting Justin Smoak.
Yeah
If Timmy keeps it up for a few years and then gradually declines he’s got to be in the discussion for best pitcher ever. Obviously it’s too early to call that, and I don’t think McGwire is overrated, but what Tim’s doing is entirely ridiculous.
He is.
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
"AT LAST I AM A PARENTS." - Buster
Speaking of underrated, I’ll take a moment to note that Ted Simmons was a hell of a player. Just imagine if Buster can turn into that.
My Bucardo is better than yours.
A hot August weekday, before a small crowd, when the only thing at stake is the tissue-thin difference between a thing done well and a thing done ill. Insofar as the clutch hitter is not a sportswriter's myth, it is a vulgarity, like a writer who writes only for money.
More similar than one thinks
Lincecum: enjoys ho-ho’s in the clubhouse
Tiger: enjoys ho’s in the clubhouse
Win the inning.
by Scooter Ellis on Jan 4, 2010 6:04 PM PST up reply actions
Lets not forget
Santa Claus enjoys ho-ho-ho’s
Too early to tell.
There has been other young phenom pitchers, who did not end up being super great. ie; Dwight Goodin, for example. If LIncecum can have a long career at this level that he has shown, he will be great. For two years, he has been great.
For two years
He has been more than great he has been historicly great. He has accomplished in two years what most pitchers never accomplish or can even hope to accomplish.
If he goes on to have a long career at this level is he not in the conversation for greatest of all time?
All I know is that if he’s gonna go 3 for 3 with the Cy he is going to have to have one hella of a year.
bradleybear is the new rxmeister.
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but lincecum uses performance detracting drugs
I had a nice day, and wore my lincecum jersey today. It worked for me.
I know, just imagine if Tim could get off the hooter.
Matt Cain: throwing complete game shutouts since 06'. No big deal.
by cain1rstballothof on Jan 4, 2010 9:29 PM PST up reply actions
Oh, Tim, noooo...
"I don’t know why people feel the need to come up with reasons 'why' for everything..." - Missing Barry
by victor frankenstein on Jan 5, 2010 12:56 PM PST up reply actions
PEOPLE BECOME INACTIVE WHEN THEY SMOKE WEED
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by GrahamCrakalaka on Jan 5, 2010 5:35 PM PST up reply actions
If St. Louis activates McGwire as a pinch hitter for 2010, we’ll have to re-calculate.
http://www.nydailynews.com/sports/baseball/2010/01/07/2010-01-07_mark_mcgwire_pinchhitting.html
lolwut
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