Minutes after the club announced the move, Lincecum walked by himself out of the Safeco Field tunnel, rarely to be heard from again. The afternoon after that outing in Seattle, the Angels designated him for assignment. His time with the Angels lasted only nine starts. Contemporaneously, he enjoyed the "Damn, Daniel" meme and regularly recited it around teammate Daniel Nava. That was the summer of Pokémon Go, and Lincecum was a faithful player. He in no way behaved like he was famous, like he wanted to be famous or like he had ever been famous.Īfter Lincecum signed with the Angels a month into the 2016 season, his father was one of the few non-employees who attended his extended spring debut on an Arizona back field, nervously pacing the baselines as he watched. Lincecum was always different than most of his peers - at the beginning and at the end. He endeared Giants fans with his relaxed, carefree demeanor. During those four years, Lincecum was perhaps the most famous man in the sport, the subject of a SportsCenter commercial and endless speculation. Plenty of lesser names have flirted with similar stretches.īut the difference was how famous his run made him. Now, Lincecum is not the only pitcher to log four seasons of dominance, then drop off. Those struggles made his successes look even more outrageous. Outside those four seasons, though, he was thoroughly mediocre, pitching to a 4.77 ERA over 800 innings. He won two Cy Young Awards and earned votes the two other years. At no more than 5-foot-11 and maybe 170 pounds, he averaged 220 innings per season and a 2.81 ERA. Nor does it match those of the men already in the Hall of Fame.įrom 2008 to 2011 with San Francisco, Lincecum was probably the best pitcher in the world. And it’s not exactly as if he warrants more votes.
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