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22 hrs ago | Examiner.com

Stats vs. truth, part deux: Lincecum wins NL Cy Young Award

San Francisco Giants pitcher Tim Lincecum yesterday won the 2009 National League Cy Young Award despite posting only 15 wins which, in case you're counting, is one fewer than Kansas City Royal Zack Greinke had in winning the AL award earlier this week.

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Related Topix: Sports, Baseball Players, Tim Lincecum, Major League Baseball, Zack Greinke, Kansas City Royals, St. Louis Cardinals

Yesterday | Major League Baseball

Giants unlikely to court Holliday, Bay

On the eve of open free agency, Giants general manager Brian Sabean essentially ruled out any possibility of signing Matt Holliday or Jason Bay, regarded as the two most significant impact hitters available.

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Related Topix: Sports, Major League Baseball

Wed Nov 18, 2009

San Jose Mercury News

Giants: Tim Lincecum not Cy Young favorite this time

Giants right-hander Tim Lincecum improved in almost every statistical category from his Cy Young Award-winning season in 2008, but he is not the favorite to repeat when the National League winner is announced Thursday.

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Related Topix: Sports, Major League Baseball, Baseball Players, Tim Lincecum, National League, St. Louis Cardinals, Chris Carpenter

Mon Nov 16, 2009

Sporting News

Giants will not re-sign RF Randy Winn

Randy Winn will not return to the San Francisco Giants next season. Winn's agent, Craig Landis, tells the San Jose Mercury News that the club told his client it has a number of young outfielders available in its system.

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Related Topix: Sports, Major League Baseball, Randy Winn, Baseball Players

Sat Nov 14, 2009

WIAT-TV Birmingham

Rockies decline option on Betancourt

Rafael Betancourt #63 of the Colorado Rockies pitches against the San Francisco Giants at AT&T Park on August 30, 2009 in San Francisco, California.

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Related Topix: Sports, Rafael Betancourt, Colorado Rockies, Baseball Players, Major League Baseball

Fri Nov 13, 2009

Fox Sports

Giants official: Dominican prospect loses US visa

A top prospect for the San Francisco Giants has been stripped of his U.S. visa after he was charged with killing a man in his Caribbean homeland.

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Related Topix: Sports, Major League Baseball

Wed Nov 11, 2009

High Times

All-Star Pitcher Lincecum Busted with Pot

News Mon, Nov 09, 2009 5:35 pm Tim Lincecum, the San Francisco Giants' diminutive righty phenom, has become the latest sports star to be caught smoking pot.

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Related Topix: Sports, Baseball Players, Tim Lincecum, Major League Baseball, Summer Sports, Michael Phelps

Tue Nov 10, 2009

FOX30Online

Three more added to MLB free agent list

Rich Aurilia #35 of the San Francisco Giants runs the bases against the Los Angeles Dodgers during a Major League Baseball game on July 6, 2008 at AT&T Park in San Francisco, California.

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Related Topix: Sports, Baseball Players, Rich Aurilia, New York Yankees

Mon Nov 09, 2009

San Jose Mercury News

San Francisco Giants prospect Angel Villalona released from jail

Giants prospect Angel Villalona is out of jail, but his future remains in doubt.

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Related Topix: Sports, Major League Baseball, Baseball Players, Randy Winn, Tim Lincecum, Science / Technology

Sun Nov 08, 2009

Fox Sports

Drug charges expected to be dropped against Lincecum

30 for marijuana possession while speeding on Interstate 5 roughly four miles north of the Washington-Oregon border.

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Related Topix: Sports, Major League Baseball, Sports Etc.

Fri Nov 06, 2009

San Francisco Chronicle

Cy of relief, pot charges dropped

Blog:SFGate: San Francisco Giants : The Splash: 51146 : UPDATE: Lincecum pot charge dropped by DA in standard deal, which awaits judge's approval Prosecutors in Clark County, Wash., and Tim Lincecum have reached an agreement in which the pitcher will pay a $250 fine relating to his possession of a marijuana pipe with the drug possession charge...

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Related Topix: Sports, Major League Baseball, Baseball Players, Tim Lincecum

Thu Nov 05, 2009

KTAR

Lincecum cited for marijuana possession

San Francisco Giants pitcher Tim Lincecum is facing misdemeanor marijuana charges following a traffic stop in his home state.

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Related Topix: Sports, Baseball Players, Tim Lincecum, Major League Baseball

BleacherReport

The San Francisco Giants Drafting Barry Bonds In 1982

Here's a little tidbit from the What Might Have Been Files, taken from a Glenn Dickey column in the San Francisco Chronicle of July 4, 1988.

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Related Topix: Sports, Baseball Players, Barry Bonds, Major League Baseball

Wed Nov 04, 2009

Fox Sports

Giants should take long look at Aldrete

I f you are going to go with a bunch of No. 6 and 7 hitters in your lineup, why not bring in a coach that made a 10-year major league career out of being a contact hitter? It's unknown if there is interest in current Cardinals assistant hitting coach Mike Aldrete.

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Related Topix: Sports, NFC, NFL Football, NFC West, Major League Baseball

Mon Nov 02, 2009

Marin Independent Journal

Giants hire Meulens as hitting coach

The San Francisco Giants have promoted Triple-A hitting coach Hensley Meulens to the major league club.

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Related Topix: Sports, Major League Baseball

Sun Nov 01, 2009

NBC 15 Online

Greinke, Wainwright named top pitchers by peers

Adam Wainwright #50 of the St. Louis Cardinals pitches against the San Francisco Giants at AT&T Park on May 31, 2009 in San Francisco, California.

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Related Topix: Sports, Baseball Players, Adam Wainwright, St. Louis Cardinals, Major League Baseball, Zack Greinke, Kansas City Royals

Fri Oct 30, 2009

Minor League News

San Francisco Giants Announce Cactus League 2010 Schedule

Wednesday 28 Oct 2009 Wednesday, October 28, 2009 at 11:48PM MLN Newswire - www.mlntherawfeed.com - SAN FRANCISCO, CA - The San Francisco Giants announced their 2010 Cactus League schedule today, which features a new Cactus League team, the Cincinnati Reds, whom San Francisco will play twice.

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Related Topix: Sports, Major League Baseball, Oakland Athletics

Thu Oct 29, 2009

KRON-TV San Francisco

BART Ridership Hits Record During Bay Bridge Closure

People are turning to public transportation in record numbers as the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge undegoes emergency repairs.

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Related Topix: Sports, NFL Football, Oakland Raiders, Major League Baseball

San Francisco Giants

Giants' Posey wins Spink Award

Giants catcher Buster Posey, who ascended from Class A Advanced San Jose to the Majors in less than six months, was named the winner of the 50th annual J.G. Taylor Spink Award as the Topps/Minor League Player of the Year for 2009 on Tuesday.

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Related Topix: Sports, Baseball Players, Buster Posey, Major League Baseball

Wed Oct 28, 2009

UnionLeader.com

Sox Beat: Will Hoyer trade Gonzalez to Sox?

JED HOYER won't have to worry too much about backlash from fans in San Diego in the coming months.

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Related Topix: Sports, San Diego Padres, Major League Baseball, Baseball Players, Adrian Gonzalez, American League, American League East, Daniel Bard, Boston Red Sox

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