Tim Lincecum Wins Cy Young, Proves Voters Don't Mind Less Victories or Pot Arrests
Former University of Washington pitcher and current San Francisco Giant Tim Lincecum won his second-straight National League Cy Young award yesterday.
This guy likes to get stoned? Impossible.
The hardware comes a couple days after Zach Greinke took home the same honor in the American League. Combined, Lincecum and Greinke's victories constitute a trend: The slow devaluation of the win as the primary measure of a pitcher, a fancy way of saying that voters are getting smarter as baseball stats get more accurate.
More interesting, however, is the fact that two weeks ago Lincecum, a dead ringer for Mitch from "Dazed and Confused," was busted for pot possession while speeding down a highway in Southwest Washington. So which is more progressive: Voters overlooking Lincecum's low win total (he had three less than his closest rival, Adam Wainwright) or his hot-boxed Mercedes?
2 comment(s)
ckc says:
Considering that the voting deadline was BEFORE the start of the playoffs, the voters (unless they were employing fortune tellers) did not have a chance to overlook the possession charge, or even take it into account.
Posted On: Friday, Nov. 20 2009 @ 1:47PM
JVD says:
Hey, If I had to work only every 5th day and had off from November to February, I'd probably enjoy a little MaryJane every now and then. Better that than a performance enhancer.
Posted On: Friday, Nov. 20 2009 @ 2:02PM