Tim Lincecum

Giants' starting rotation suddenly lacking starpower

2013-05-18 18:02:00

Giant vulnerability? The San Francisco Giants rode their starting pitchers to two World Series championships in three years, and starters renowned for their health are at it again. None of the Giants' five starters has missed a turn this season....

Clayton Kershaw is a Dodgers star now but it almost didn't happen

2013-05-18 18:05:00

On the morning that would deliver to the Dodgers their greatest arm in two generations, Clayton Kershaw awoke with a thought. The baseball draft was not televised in 2006. Each team made its picks on a secure conference call line with the league office....

Giants pitcher Barry Zito's a real trooper for World Series champs

2013-04-27 15:20:00

There is a discolored mess on the brick wall behind center field at AT&T Park. The mess is what was left behind when a plaque honoring Barry Bonds and his all-time home run record mysteriously vanished. The San Francisco Giants say they'll put up a...

Dodgers come up short against Giants, 5-3

2013-04-03 23:20:00

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Dodgers showed some foresight

2013-04-06 15:28:00

By defecting from his superstar agent last week, Robinson Cano made the Dodgers look pretty smart. It's not all about the money, even for the local team that has an apparently endless amount of it. Cano ditched Scott Boras to ally with Jay-Z, the rap...

Dodgers' offense remains MIA in 5-3 loss to Giants

2013-04-03 22:29:00

The thing about a fat payroll and monster expectations is they can lead to huge disappointment. Even without shortstop Hanley Ramirez, the Dodgers boast a power-packed lineup. Anyway, they should. That is the company line. But three games into the new...

Dodgers will ignore early results from Clayton Kershaw, Matt Kemp

2013-03-05 15:34:00

There are plenty of reasons to enjoy baseball’s spring training – new beginnings, fresh cut grass, a Tim Lincecum haircut. But there also days like Tuesday’s, when the Dodgers not only go rather meekly to the San Diego Padres, 7-3, but...

Clayton Kershaw gets opening-day start again for Dodgers

2013-02-16 19:00:00

— If there was any surprise about Clayton Kershaw being selected the Dodgers' opening-day starter by Manager Don Mattingly on Saturday, it was that there was any announcement at all. "I don't even know why he had to announce it," catcher A.J. Ellis...

Dodgers stand out in NL, at least as far as intrigue goes

2013-02-12 10:24:00

With spring training starting this week, it's time to look at some of the most intriguing story lines across Major League Baseball. After discussing the American League on Monday, writers from the Tribune Co. turn their attention to the National League....

Tim Lincecum gets a haircut

2012-12-21 09:14:00

If Tim Lincecum is related to Samson, we will find out soon enough. After years of having long, flowing hair, the San Francisco Giants pitcher has gotten a haircut. Jake Gravbrot, a hair stylist in Seattle, tweeted the news Dec. 9 and there are...

S.F. students play hooky during Giants' World Series parade

2012-11-05 07:12:57

The national pastime becomes a time machine

2012-10-11 19:25:00

I'm playing hooky. It's Thursday around noon, and a column is due, but it's 1970 and I'm playing hooky. I'm watching baseball. Gloriously sunny, rapturously dramatic, midweek playoff baseball. I'm sitting in my living room in the middle of the day...

The last time around the rotation, Ryan Vogelsong, Matt Cain, Madison Bumgarner, Tim Lincecum and Barry Zito were hammered for 34 runs in 232/3 innings. That raised the vaunted group's season ERA to 4.87, which ranks ahead of only the Brewers among NL teams. Vogelsong is the biggest question mark.

2013-05-17 00:00:00

San Francisco Giants pitcher Tim Lincecum acknowledges fans during the team's World Series victory parade.

2012-10-31 00:00:00

Giants reliever Tim Lincecum, delivering a pitch in the seventh inning, pitched 2 1/3 innings of no-hit ball in Game 3 on Saturday night in Detroit.

2012-10-27 00:00:00