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Tim Lincecum vs. Cole Hamels

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Sunday Night Baseball.  8:05pm ET.

Tim Lincecum is making his major league debut tomorrow on Sunday night baseball.  He's facing Cole Hamels.

Grab the popcorn and the earplugs (for when Joe Morgan is talking), it's going to be a fun night.

300 Character factoid:
There is debate about Lincecum's nickname.  I've heard "Tim the Enchanter" before, but that was erased off of his wikipedia page.  At UW his teammates would only chant "Timmy!"

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Tim the Enchanter is kinda dumb IMO.
Why does everybody need a nickname? Why can't we just call him Tim Lincecum?
No sir, I don't like it. ~Mr.Horse

by Goose on May 6, 2007 4:45 AM PDT reply actions   0 recs

My statement stands.
I've never found Monty Python funny for some reason. Clever maybe, but never funny.
No sir, I don't like it. ~Mr.Horse

by Goose on May 6, 2007 8:10 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

You know
There's a lot of people who don't.

by Gomez on May 6, 2007 9:00 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

NOBODY
Expects the Spanish Inquisition!!!
Pray for Felix. Pray for the M's!

by PositivePaul on May 6, 2007 9:08 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Yeah see, I don't understand what is funny about
that. I watch a bit like that and I just go "Ok.....uh....ok."
No sir, I don't like it. ~Mr.Horse

by Goose on May 6, 2007 9:12 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

It's an English thing.
We like our humour random.

by Graham on May 6, 2007 9:22 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Also, I now completely understand why people
who aren't Mariner fans got tired of Felix's hype and I would like to apologise to every single person I have ever told to STFU when they said something.

Because man I'm sick of hearing about this guy. It's always Timmy this, Lincecum that. My god. The knob slobbing this guy gets is starting to rival that of ESPN's job on the Yanksox.

I mean, yeah as a baseball fan I'm interested in him. But no more than I'm interested in his opponent, or Justin Verlander, or Scott Olsen, or any other good young pitcher out there.

I hope Cole Hamels kicks his ass.

No sir, I don't like it. ~Mr.Horse

by Goose on May 6, 2007 4:51 AM PDT reply actions   0 recs

Lincecum
Interesting for a variety of reasons:
  1. Unlike Morrow, he is ready to become an impact starter in the big leagues less than a year after the draught.
  2. His mechanics are mental. He'd be one of the guys I'd like to model when I get around to that Ph.D. I've not seen anything but those old Cal League videos of him pre-draft day, and I'd love to watch his first start.
  3. My fantasy teams need his help. Weak, but true.
As a baseball fan, I'm not sure I can bring myself to miss his first start.

by Graham on May 6, 2007 5:24 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Think about it this way
Less than a year ago, I was walking down to Husky Field here in Seattle to watch this kid start against Stanford.

Today, he's about to take the field for the San Francisco Giants as their starting pitcher.

This doesn't just happen.

by Gomez on May 6, 2007 9:13 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

I understand why he's supposed to be good.
I'm just sick of hearing about it.
No sir, I don't like it. ~Mr.Horse

by Goose on May 6, 2007 9:14 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

STFU
I'll apologize later... ;)

by manyoso on May 6, 2007 9:26 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Grrr wish I could see it
It will start at 1am here in London and I'm running on about an hour of sleep right now. I'll never be able to stay up. I guess I'll have to check out the archived footage on MLB.tv tomorrow.

by phil333 on May 6, 2007 4:51 AM PDT reply actions   0 recs

nickname
the most prominent one I've heard is Seabiscuit.

by Matthew on May 6, 2007 8:32 AM PDT reply actions   0 recs

Cole Hamels won't have to face Barry Bonds
Hamels will be making his first career start against the Giants, but apparently will not face Barry Bonds. The seven-time NL MVP is not expected to be in the starting lineup after hitting his 744th career home run in San Francisco's 9-4 win on Saturday.

I hear he'll spend the game getting a foot massage from Pedro Gomez.

by Gomez on May 6, 2007 9:34 AM PDT reply actions   0 recs

I love
how ESPN's opening montage is about Bonds' chase of Aaron.  Bonds isn't even playing today.

by Gomez on May 6, 2007 5:01 PM PDT reply actions   0 recs

God damn this game.
I really ought to study for tomorrow's final.

by Jeff on May 6, 2007 5:04 PM PDT reply actions   0 recs

I never study for my exams
I go to class everyday and do all my homework.  That's usually enough preparation.

by Gomez on May 6, 2007 5:06 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Steroids commercial
....and NOW more coverage of BONDS CHASING AARON!

by Gomez on May 6, 2007 5:08 PM PDT reply actions   0 recs

Just kidding!
Welcome to the big leagues, you freak!

by Jeff on May 6, 2007 5:13 PM PDT reply actions   0 recs

0-2
...hanging curveball.

Brilliant decision right there.

by Jeff on May 6, 2007 5:13 PM PDT reply actions   0 recs

Hehehe...ATM
Ass to mouth....hehehe
The poster formerly known as KnightofKingK

by Robert on May 6, 2007 5:40 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Lincecum
Revenge forthcoming...

by Fett42 on May 6, 2007 5:17 PM PDT reply actions   0 recs

Lincecum vs. Howard
That was predictable.

by Jeff on May 6, 2007 5:18 PM PDT reply actions   0 recs

Pat Burrell hallucinating
No, Pat, that kid is the SP.

by Gomez on May 6, 2007 5:18 PM PDT reply actions   0 recs

Dear God.
Tim Lincecum learned how to sweat from Kaz Sasaki.

by Jeff on May 6, 2007 5:19 PM PDT reply actions   0 recs

Nah.
Clint Nageotte.  
Pray for Felix. Pray for the M's!

by PositivePaul on May 6, 2007 5:41 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Lincecum
I bet an average line of his will look like: 6 IP, 5 H, 3 ER (2 HR), 4 walks, 9 K

by Gomez on May 6, 2007 5:21 PM PDT reply actions   0 recs

Not only is it fast
but Lincecum's fastball seems incredibly heavy.

by Jeff on May 6, 2007 5:24 PM PDT reply actions   0 recs

No two-seamer goes 96+mph.
I think it's just a good, low four-seamer on a downward plane.

by Jeff on May 6, 2007 5:26 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Felix.
I kid.

Sort of.

by Fett42 on May 6, 2007 5:28 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Hamels is like the anti-Lincecum
Or is Lincecum the anti-Hamels?

by Gomez on May 6, 2007 5:28 PM PDT reply actions   0 recs

Hamels came first.
But I don't really get your point.

by Jeff on May 6, 2007 5:32 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Results-wise, they're not so different.
If you're talking about handedness and strikeout pitch, though, then yeah.

by Jeff on May 6, 2007 5:36 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Indeed
They get their results in different ways.

by Gomez on May 6, 2007 5:38 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Diet Pepsi
The choice of a little more than half of everybody.

I am stupefied.

by Gomez on May 6, 2007 5:35 PM PDT reply actions   0 recs

Well
Helms/Molina/pitcher isn't anything particularly impressive.

by Jeff on May 6, 2007 5:40 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Lincecum
65.8% strikes

by Fett42 on May 6, 2007 5:39 PM PDT reply actions   0 recs

I'm disoriented
seeing such a good spirited, enthusiatic team like the Phillies, after watching a ho-hum, business-as-usual team like the Mariners.

by Gomez on May 6, 2007 5:43 PM PDT reply actions   0 recs

Lincecum hitting
This should be funny.

by Gomez on May 6, 2007 5:44 PM PDT reply actions   0 recs

The REAL showdown.
Here's the real matchup.

Go HUSKIES!!!!

Pray for Felix. Pray for the M's!

by PositivePaul on May 6, 2007 5:44 PM PDT reply actions   0 recs

Well...
He still hits better than Willie Bloomquist.
Pray for Felix. Pray for the M's!

by PositivePaul on May 6, 2007 5:44 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Little too nervous
It's usually a good idea to lay off that high 0-2 heater.

by Gomez on May 6, 2007 5:45 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Can we shut up
about Pitcher Not Involved In This Game already?

by Gomez on May 6, 2007 5:45 PM PDT reply actions   0 recs

Lincecum strikes out
OVE-ER-RATE-ED ::clap clap clapclapclap::

by JLC on May 6, 2007 5:45 PM PDT reply actions   0 recs

Fransden was batting like .420
With 2:1 BB:k in AAA before being called up

by Fett42 on May 6, 2007 5:46 PM PDT reply actions   0 recs

Er
.403 w/ 1.5 ratio

by Fett42 on May 6, 2007 5:48 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Why'd you stop, Rowand?
Afraid of the wall?

(ok, that's not nice)

by Gomez on May 6, 2007 5:47 PM PDT reply actions   0 recs

LOL
They just showed a Moyer All Star Glass commercial.  They blurred out MARINERS on his uniform.  I LOL'd.

by Gomez on May 6, 2007 5:50 PM PDT reply actions   0 recs

Zounds.
Destroyed.

by Jeff on May 6, 2007 5:57 PM PDT reply actions   0 recs

Sweet Mother of Mercy
Howard smashed that into the next time zone.

by JLC on May 6, 2007 5:57 PM PDT reply actions   0 recs

LOL no, Joe
That ball just got away from him.

by Gomez on May 6, 2007 5:59 PM PDT reply actions   0 recs

Lincecum's command, meanwhile
has not had its contract purchased from AAA.

by Jeff on May 6, 2007 5:59 PM PDT reply actions   0 recs

Timmy's losing it
Fastball is now 92-94 without much control. Not a great curve, either.

This is pretty much how I expect Morrow to pitch if he starts right now.

by JLC on May 6, 2007 5:59 PM PDT reply actions   0 recs

why
on earth would you do that? its the kids FIRST start.

by ASUBoyd on May 6, 2007 6:27 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

60 pitches in the 3rd
Not gonna be a long night for Timmy.

by Gomez on May 6, 2007 6:01 PM PDT reply actions   0 recs

Heh
3 true outcomes

9 BB/9, 6 HR/9, 15 K/9

by Fett42 on May 6, 2007 6:01 PM PDT reply actions   0 recs

Lincecum
3 IP, 3 H, 4 ER (2 HR), 3 walks, 5 K

Yes, this is normal.

by Gomez on May 6, 2007 6:05 PM PDT reply actions   0 recs

Good idea, ESPN.
Let's bring race into this. Why not have Miller tell Morgan to go pick him some cotton while we're at it?  

by Jeff on May 6, 2007 6:05 PM PDT reply actions   0 recs

You know what I think is unfair, Joe?
Spending all your airtime talking about two guys who aren't even playing in this game tonight.

by Gomez on May 6, 2007 6:06 PM PDT reply actions   0 recs

Not surprised on Morgan's take
Not that I'm trying to be insensitive about what black athletes had to go through in the past, but I think we're at the point where it's not about race.

by JLC on May 6, 2007 6:08 PM PDT reply actions   0 recs

For the last time, Joe
His pitches are going inside because he's losing his control, not because he's being aggressive.

by Gomez on May 6, 2007 6:11 PM PDT reply actions   0 recs

Uhhh...
Couldn't they save this Hank Aaron stuff for Baseball Tonight?

by ThundaPC on May 6, 2007 6:14 PM PDT reply actions   0 recs

Wow
Tim should thank Hamels later for that play.

by Gomez on May 6, 2007 6:27 PM PDT reply actions   0 recs

On the bases now.
Hmmm.  This'll be interesting...
Pray for Felix. Pray for the M's!

by PositivePaul on May 6, 2007 6:27 PM PDT reply actions   0 recs

I love Joe Morgan
I almost fell over laughing when he was talking about Howard's "toe tap" prior to his swings.

He was talking about how it was much better when he hit the homer, but when ESPN showed the side-by-side views of Howard's first 2 ABs, you could clearly see that the toe-tap was exactly the same. When Joe noticed that he quickly bailed on talking about the toe tap to how Howard kept his hands back better on the HR than he did on the K.

by PLU Tim on May 6, 2007 6:28 PM PDT reply actions   0 recs

Um, where was that pitch?
That breaking ball ain't much but it was right in there.

by Gomez on May 6, 2007 6:32 PM PDT reply actions   0 recs

That was not interference
He went onto the grass to hit him...

by Fett42 on May 6, 2007 6:34 PM PDT reply actions   0 recs

Haha.
That was blatantly out of the basepaths.

by Jeff on May 6, 2007 6:35 PM PDT reply actions   0 recs

What the hell?
They need to change the baserunner rule if Victorino's allowed to do that and take the base.  That's fucking crooked.

by Gomez on May 6, 2007 6:35 PM PDT reply actions   0 recs

LOL
What a hilarious play. Lincecum was completely oblivious to Victorino for a while.

Also, Victorino is out.

by JLC on May 6, 2007 6:35 PM PDT reply actions   0 recs

Haha
Victorino is trying to bullshit Omar like he didn't mean to do it and Omar's like 'Fuck you.'

by Gomez on May 6, 2007 6:36 PM PDT reply actions   0 recs

I can totally see that conversation.
SV: So, Omar.  I just wanted to hang out at second for awhile.
OV: Shut up.  You cheater.  
SV: Heh.  Say, actually, I wanted to show you what I just bought.
OV: What. The. Hell.
SV: Yeah.  I stopped into Zales on my way into the park.  Check out this 3-carat earring.  You think it's my color?
OV: Spontaneously combusts.
Pray for Felix. Pray for the M's!

by PositivePaul on May 6, 2007 6:46 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

LOLOLOL
"I'll show you some stones, rookie."

by Gomez on May 6, 2007 7:00 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

LOL
Everyone looked so awful on that play.  Victorino just took off for no reason and then Lincecum took like 3 second to notice, then jacked the pickoff throw.

by Gomez on May 6, 2007 6:39 PM PDT reply actions   0 recs

And that'll do it for Wild Tim
4.1 IP, 5 H, 4 ER (2 HR), 5 walks, 5 K

by Gomez on May 6, 2007 6:43 PM PDT reply actions   0 recs

Final line
4.1 IP, 5 H, 2 HR, 5 BB, 5 K, 4 GB, 3 FB

Flashes of awesomeness early on, but definitely seemed to lose his stuff (command and velocity) by about the 4th inning.

by Fett42 on May 6, 2007 6:45 PM PDT reply actions   0 recs

I was surprised
how much velocity he lost towards the end.  He never lost gas in the later innings at UW.  I have to chalk that up to 1st start nerves and the big innings wearing him down more quickly.

by Gomez on May 6, 2007 6:48 PM PDT reply actions   0 recs

Haha
Jon and Joe are talking about when Ortiz will return.  Like anyone in their right mind wants that fat toad back.

by Gomez on May 6, 2007 6:50 PM PDT reply actions   0 recs

Can we have him then?
I mean....y'know.....Weaver.

by JLC on May 6, 2007 6:51 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Heh, yeah
I admit now that I'd take him.

by Gomez on May 6, 2007 6:55 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Ryan Howard
as nimble as a drunk Ken Harvey.

by Gomez on May 6, 2007 6:56 PM PDT reply actions   0 recs

Freddy got hurt shaggling flies during BP
crashing into a maintenance truck.

Yeah, that's sadly hilarious.

by Gomez on May 6, 2007 6:59 PM PDT reply actions   0 recs

Lincecum off the hook!!!
This game's setting some kind of record for bloop singles.

by Gomez on May 6, 2007 6:59 PM PDT reply actions   0 recs

Welcome to the Majors Lincecum
Just because you dominated AAA, doesn't mean your turning into Sandy Koufax right away.
No sir, I don't like it. ~Mr.Horse

by Goose on May 6, 2007 7:39 PM PDT reply actions   0 recs

Hamels at like 110-120 pitches
Is Manuel planning on pulling the kid anytime soon?

by Gomez on May 6, 2007 7:45 PM PDT reply actions   0 recs

Steroids don't make great athletes, they destroy
them

... AND NOW MORE OF BARRY BONDS' HOME RUN RECORD CHASE!

by Gomez on May 6, 2007 7:46 PM PDT reply actions   0 recs

Cole Hamels is ours, and you can't have him
...sadly, I missed the game since I was out of town all weekend.

Last year at this time (May 7th), Hamels had just made his third start in AAA.  His line was 23 IP, 10 H, 1 R/ER, 0 HR, 1 BB, 36 K, 0.47 WHIP, 0.39 ERA.

I'm really glad he got to steal the spotlight, just like Felix did with the Red Sox.

Marinerds - a different daily dose of baseblog.

by Deanna on May 7, 2007 12:49 AM PDT reply actions   0 recs

Yeah, I wouldn't call 3 runs in 7 innings stealing
the spotlight. He was better than Lincecum, but he wasn't dominate or anything.
Protect the enviroment, or I'll FUCKING KILL YOU! CAPTAAAAAIIIINNNN PLANNNNET! ~Ted Turner

by Goose on May 7, 2007 3:43 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

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