Lincecum now 10-2...will he be the NL starter?

[Upton]

The Giants' Tim Lincecum, after throwing 6 innings of no hit ball and extending his scoreless inning streak to 29 (third longest in Giants history) last night as part of an eventual 9-3 Giants win, now sports a 10-2 record with an ERA of 2.33. Anyone who knows the game considers him to be, if not the best, one of the top pitchers in all of baseball.

However, a few questions remain..will Phillies manager Charlie Manuel do what is right and name Tim as the NL starter? For that matter will he name Lincecum's teammate Pablo to the team as an injury replacement? Or will Manuel continue what has become a distressing pattern of snubbing the Giants' stars?

[Forkboy]

1. I'd love to see you post something without being a dick about it.

I was ready to discuss this until your last crap about Manuel. Sour grapes are very unbecoming you know. And because you insist on being a baby, talking to you seriously about the wonderful pitcher you guys have is a waste of time.

[Upton]

2. I'm crushed..

:boring:

[Forkboy]

3. You're a lot of things. None of them good.

[BOSSHOG]

5. I think a case can be made

that Manuel snubbed his own team. I don't give a fuck about the Giants but he only picked one Phillie as a reserve and no pitchers. I expected him to take advantage of his post, even if it were to pick one other team member.

[Forkboy]

19. Francona said he was uncomfortable choosing players from the Sox when he coached the All Star game.

I bet a lot of coaches try to avoid the perception of a hometown bias, with the exception of Mike Milbury, who picked a few Bruins because he truly felt they deserved it. I agreed they deserved it, but there were others that did as well, and he should have picked them over his own players, imo. I just think it shows more class to recognize players from other teams that have performed so well.

[BOSSHOG]

24. I like

to think that the team that won the world series the year before may have a few good players on it the following year. He did pick Werth but that was due to an injury. I'm not suggesting that a manager of last year's world series champion should load up the all-star team with his players but ONE pick? (not counting Werth, who got picked by a fluke and who is certainly deserving) The NL East is gonna be interesting the second half of the season.

[cboy4]

25. Why, that division is a disgrace. How isn't Philly up by 10 games on

everyone?

[cboy4]

4. That was too bad he lost the no-hitter. But I'm glad it happened in the

7th instead of the 9th.

I'm pretty certain he'll have more than one by the time he's through!

[Onceuponalife]

6. I don't really care about who starts

or who gets picked for the all-star game or who wins what award. But I think Billingsley deserves the start more. Lincecum hasn't paid his dues yet. Billingsley has played in the playoffs and has paid his dues. If Lincecum knows what's good for him he'll leave the Giants as soon as he can and go find a team that has a chance at a WS ring.

[cboy4]

7. Oh brother.

Someone has been in the Jack Daniels this morning

[Upton]

9. If you don't care who starts

then why are you campaigning for Billingsley? Lets take a look at a few pertinent stats comparing Chad Billingley to Tim Lincecum:

IP

Lincecum: 127.2
Billingsley: 120.1


Lincecum: 10-2
Billingsley: 9-4

ERA

Lincecum: 2.33
Billingsley: 3.14

CG

Lincecum: 3
Billinsley: 0

SHO

Lincecum: 2
Billingsley: 0

SO

Lincecum: 149
Billingsley: 115

There's really no comparison between the two. I don't even know why you would bring Billingsley's name up in the same sentence as with Tim's...other than that you enjoy being humiliated.

[Forkboy]

10. "other than that you enjoy being humiliated."

Now there's some hardcore projection.

[Onceuponalife]

21. I really don't care

I just really want to see how pissed you two would get if the Phillies' manager doesn't pick Lincecum to start, since you seem to take everything as an affront.

[CreekDog]

8. Yes he will

right after he finishes high school.

:rofl:

Thank God he's pitching for the Giants! :D

[Upton]

11. I hope he starts

what's amazing is the Mariners passed on Tim in the draft, despite the fact that Lincecum went to UW, in favor of Brandon Morrow..who now has a career record of 6-11 with an ERA over 4.00 and is injury prone to boot.

[Dramarama]

18. His# of strikeouts is ridic!

[TZ]

12. How come you don't post here more often Creekdog?

It seems to be all San Francisco all the time around here...:P

[CreekDog]

13. because i don't like Barry Bonds

and I like Brian Sabean nearly as much. :eyes:

[cboy4]

15. Yea, well then you'd fit in well with all of the other Giants haters

[CreekDog]

16. but Barry Bonds is not a Giant

and nobody cared when I didn't like Jeff Kent.

and I was still a fan even when Will Clark chewed me out because he thought I called him a name (when I was 14!). :rofl:

[cboy4]

17. Alright, my bad

What the hell did you call Will you jerk. :P

[CreekDog]

22. Will was signing autographs before the game and I was in the front row

my friend climbed over me from 1 row back and i called him something and Will lifted his head and said, "you got a problem buddy...i'm out here signing autographs for you..." and some guys behind us called Will Clark "ol' rabbit ears"... :rofl:

[cboy4]

23. That's sounds like a Senfeld epidode.

:rofl:

[scheming daemons]

14. No... because his name is vulgar

[Capt. America]

20. He will start. But the AL will win again this year.