Game Recap

by Grant Brisbee on Apr 24, 2009 9:46 PM PDT

Quick jottings: When Pablo Sandoval took a walk in the 7th-inning, you could almost hear his internal monologue. It was like the Far Side cartoon with a guy holding one cymbal and muttering "Don't screw up. Don't screw up. Don't screw up." Hey, if it makes pitchers throw him strikes, I'm all...

Early Worries

by Grant Brisbee on Apr 16, 2009 11:35 AM PDT

Almost three years ago to the day, I wrote up early season Worry Power Rankings. It's kind of funny to revisit them now -- half of the players on there had already passed "worry" on their way to "decay", and it's funny to think that there was a point when some of us were wondering if Barry Bonds...

Ten Reasons Why I'm Not Worried About Lincecum

by Grant Brisbee on Apr 13, 2009 10:32 AM PDT

Numbered list style: His strikeout rate is still high. Eight innings, ten strikeouts. I’d be worried if teams were knocking the ball around the park and not swinging through pitches. Last year, Linecum struck out 29% of the batters he faced; this year he’s struck out 22%. It’s...

Pitch Counts and Tim Lincecum

by Grant Brisbee on Mar 25, 2009 1:09 PM PDT

I answered some questions for the SBN Reds site here, and for some reason, I actually did a minute's worth research before answering one of the questions. My DiMaggio-like streak of pulling information and opinions from my nether regions is now over, so I might as well use what I found: Red...

A Day Without Tim Lincecum

by Grant Brisbee on Mar 16, 2009 12:33 PM PDT

Taking a break from the wildly popular "Community Projection"-series might not be a bright idea; there’s always a chance that I’ll forget about the Eugenio Velez projection before the season starts. But a couple of things happened on Sunday that made me want to write about Tim...

Community Projection: Tim Lincecum

by Grant Brisbee on Feb 26, 2009 4:38 PM PST

Things I learned from watching yesterday's game: Travis Ishikawa isn't going to hit 324 home runs this year. That's absurd. But cutting that prediction down by 50% -- 162 home runs -- is very reasonable. I, for one, am looking forward to the new, clean home run champ. Stand up and clap, Selig!...

Thanksgiving

by Grant Brisbee on Nov 26, 2008 3:02 PM PST

Let’s see. Is there something that Giants fans should be thankful for? Something that did or didn’t happen? Something major that would have changed life as we know it, perhaps ripping open the fabric of space and time? Hmm. Can’t think of anything off the top of my head…. ...

Tim Lincecum wins the N.L. Cy Young Award

by Adam J. Morris on Nov 11, 2008 12:05 PM PST on Lone Star Ball

Tim Lincecum was the runaway winner of the N.L. Cy Young Award, getting 23 of 32 first place votes and being named on every ballot but one. Brandon Webb and Johan Santana finished second and third, and among the rest of the N.L., only Brad Lidge, C.C. Sabathia, and Ryan Dempster received votes.

Tim Lincecum Wins the Cy Young!

by Grant Brisbee on Nov 11, 2008 11:05 AM PST