In just a decade of play in the league, Tim Lincecum won multiple Cy Young awards and World Series, tossed multiple no-hitters, and broke endless strikeout records. He’ll never make it to the Hall of Fame, but his peak might be the best of any pitcher in this generation. Let’s see just how good he really was.
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00:00 Introduction
01:15 Meteoric Rise
03:44 Cy Young Sophomore
05:28 Back-to-Back
08:34 Chasing a Ring
11:04 Four Years of Excellence
12:01 The Secret Weapon
12:51 No-Hitter History
14:20 Conclusion
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32 Comments
Big Time Timmy Jim
ya thats why guys only go 5 innings nowadays
deGrom and Lincecum will more likely be "Veterans Committee" inductees than in their 10 year window I would think
Another pitcher who kinda did the same was Jake Arreita just not to the extent as Timmy
He's basically the Terrell Davis of baseball.
Man I want even watching baseball during that year but this dude I had to watch him play the freak!!!
Still better than Jeremy “corona” Lin
Being born in California and growing up with all of my family as bay area sports fans after moving to Washington and then remembering so many people being so hyped for him to get selected (after ultimately being selected by the giants before being actually selected by the Rockies initially a year prior) and it being to my team I had to see who this guy was and I had been to quite a few games when it was AT&T park (I was a teen during this time) boy oh boy was he a sight to watch. It pained me to see him in a angels jersey in the end😔 (all I could think was hey at least not the dodgers right?..) I got to see buster and him and schierholtz and pence and Sandoval and mad bum along with all the others multiple times…was one of those things you had to be there to believe it.. nothing but love to big time Timmy jim aka “the freak”
The SI article on The Freak that details the relationship Tim had with his brilliant, Boeing engineer father is still one of my fave sport reads ever.
He was a "flash in the pan". Nothing more
Tim is proof that you can be small guy, smoke bongs, and win Cy Young awards.
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"The literal text book definition of a meteoric rise"…?!?!
The only LITERAL definition of "meteoric rise" is that there is NONE!!
Meteors DON'T RISE, they LITERALLY FALL…!
If you're going to use the word "literal", then you need to understand it's meaning first…
Great video. Some things left out, good on his part, one bad on his part, and the rest? On the Giants. One must really understand the team, to understand what I'm saying- because I'm not going to go into it here. Just suffice it to say this: The Giants had a habit, of wearing out the arms of insanely good pitchers… and allowing THEM to dictate "Done", instead of a level-headed, outside-of-it-all, medical source.
I'll give just one graphic example- Dave Dravecky.
These guys are athletes, but above all else, they're COMPETITORS. It drives them in everything. And it brings us insanely brilliant, and incredible performances of a lifetime. They're indeed special. BUT.. limitations MUST exist, to KEEP the "special" around. If left to their own devices? Some of these guys would keep playing- KNOWING it might cause their heart to explode, or … arm to snap so audibly, it could be heard on the radio broadcast across the nation.
They ONLY thing that stopped this man was his use of Pot, and the Giants staff, allowing him to push too far. Don't like what I said about pot? Don't really gaf. Seriously. I KNOW what it can do to a person- effects as yet unknown to the masses- because they're not athletes, or anything like them. I'll just give y'all the key word to remember here, "Degenerative". Ok? You're welcome.
NOTHING comes without a price. Lie to yourselves all you wish, it's just the truth.
I'll end with this. I loved this guy. Heart of a Lion, even if small in stature. Good kid. MUST, and I repeat, MUST BE, in the HOF. Need to remove some to get him in there? Plenty available.
Loved Bobby Bonds. Barry? A damn good player. BUT, should he be in the HOF? Along with Roger Clemens, Mark McGwire and Sammy Sosa?
NO. He should be in there LONG BEFORE anyone that must have an asterisk next to their name. He did it THE RIGHT WAY. With OUT aid. And put up numbers & stats that DESERVE to be remembered forever.
Not really sure why those chosen to vote for the HOF, are. They kinda remind me of how the Rock n Roll HOF votes. Drunk & on Acid… or .. they seem like it.
REAL FANS know better than the writers, I think. I know we come with our Biases? But the majority of TRUE fans- you know, those of us BOYCOTTING sports the past many years, because of their WOKE, disgusting stupidity? We're also brutally honest with ourselves when it comes to our sports. It's just how it is. We want the BEST to be recognized, our team or not.
Joe Montana is the best ever. Uh… Until Tom Brady, that is. Montana was my guy. Brady, is not. But then again? Montana was a mentor to Brady, so that's cool. But that's not what it takes.
I can tell you awesome things about Roger Staubach, Farve, Payton, Simms, Johnson, Ripken Jr. Mays, and so many others. ALL deserving of recognition. Most of whom? Knocked my favorite teams out of the playoffs, time & again.
TRUE FANS look past that last part. Because in our hearts? We want to see the VERY BEST, go against the VERY BEST. Every. Time.
Put him in the HOF. He belongs.
He absolutely belongs in the HOF.
He definitely should be in…Besides he's the emo king of baseball 😂😂
You just said he had hip problems after saying he got hurt for being too small. That's stupid, he got hurt because of his violent, whipping throwing motion. Baseball's obsession with height is actually stupid. Height doesn't affect shit in baseball. It's all assumption. Short pitchers can't go deep, short position players can't go yard. It's dumb as hell. I guarantee height had jack shit to do with it. Hell, he would've hurt himself sooner if he was bigger with that same motion.
Carlos Zambrano, Kerry wood, Dontrelle Willis, Tim Lincecum some of my favorites forsure.
I always thought he was superior to Mad Bum and Kershaw.
Hall of Famer. Y not.
The Freak <3
How tf is he not a hall of famer ?
Dominant? No he was never dominant. Nolan Ryan was Dominant. Bob Gibson was dominant. Mariano Rivera was Dominant. Sandy Koufax what is dominant. This clown was never dominant.
I loved watching Prime Lincecum pitch. I rarely missed a start.
There’s a lot I disagree with I’m assuming you’re younger and never saw Pedro Martinez in his prime. Because physically they were similar in stature, but Pedro was just filthy. He did it during the steroid era and for much longer time span. I’m a Yankee fan so I hated Pedro
Bro looked like Severus snape☠️☠️
Would it be too modern of me to call timmy Him lincecum? Himmy tim jim?
He deserves the HoF. He was truly dominant and has all the accolades. Plus his luscious hair helps 😂
Jake Peavey!?
TimlinceCUM is crazy dawg
Tears man, Timmy was a god when i was a kid, easily the most iconic giants pitcher of the century besides madbum