Farewell, Freak

The venerated and celebrated pitching star of the Greatest Era in San Francisco Giants History has a new gig. If you missed it, Tim Lincecum has "agreed to a deal" with the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim. Cataclysmic news, to be sure, mitigated by its inevitability. The math was not good in San Francisco, and perhaps his looming presence had as much to do with the Cain/Peavy recent resurgence as, well, Righetti voodoo, random variation, or country boy cussedness. I'll go with looming presence. The specter of a Tim-signing put a little extra giddy-up in the Matt & Jake pre-game prep. He wasn't going to be a super-reliever, even though we've all seen him do that, and do it brilliantly, and even though most of us probably think that's what he should do, he wanted to start.

And the Angels granted him his wish.

I'm gonna miss you, Tim. You were grand. Never to be forgotten.

--M.C.


p.s. I can only wish the lad well. Except against the Giants, of course. Perhaps he'll whip the Dodgers in one of those Freeway Series, help out his old mates.

Hella Sweet Tim

Nowadays,Tim Lincecum always seems to keep his adoring fans on the edge of their seats , generally expecting an agonizing adventure.  Not  today, not even close.  In his fifth start of 2015, he delivered a commanding 8 inning performance (game score 79!!) that left no doubt as the Giants swept away the hapless Angels, 5-0.  It wasn't the blow them away god of yester year, more the cagey, ground ball artist hitting his spots.   Hell, he set down the last 9 men in order.  That is hella sweet!  Add to that 2 hits and a walk for his own cause and Timmeh must be feeling pretty good about now.

I can't recall seeing back to back lead off homers before.  Aoki and Panik poked a couple into the arcade before I could sip my game beer.  Truly a fun way to start a game.  It was amazing to see Weaver look so weak and hittable. Didn't he win 18 games last year? What happened? His fastball made Lincecum's look like Gibson.

We are 12-13 now, after that stanky start.  I really love May.  And I think we should only play teams from LA.