After the San Francisco Giants finished off the Philadelphia Phillies Saturday night in Game 6 to advance to their first World Series since the little earthquake incident, the big question was about Tim Lincecum. He faced three batters in a relief appearance and many wondered about his availability as a starter for the final round.

“I fully expect to make the start,” Lincecum said. “It’s not like they told me to get ready for Game 1. They just said, ‘Get ready for your next start.’ So I think that’s what they’re talking about, yeah.”

We’re sure it’s something he can worry about in a day or so. As for Saturday night, he probably just was looking forward to a big, huge bowl filled with Homboldt County’s finest.

“This is unbelievable,” Lincecum said. “It’s pretty surreal. You dream about these things when you’re a kid. You even dream about them when you’re a Major League Baseball player. These things are finally coming to fruition, coming together. When all the pieces come together at once it’s a pretty awesome sight to see, especially with this group of players.”

We don’t know why this took so long to get done. For the love of Christ, just pay the man. He’s 25-years old and a back-to-back Cy Young Award winner….what are you waiting for him to do? Actually hit? Hit a bong? He already did that?

So yeah, the San Francisco Giants have signed stud pitcher Tim Lincecum to a two-year deal worth a reported $23 million. If he doesn’t smoke it all, he can invest it wisely and be set for quite a while.

We’ve discussed his merits before and if you really want to know all his stats, just go to ESPN.com or something like that. Just know this, his ERA is really low and he makes tons of guys look stupid at the plate. There’s some stats for you.

We admit, we don’t understand this one. San Francisco Giants pitcher Tim Lincecum is a back-to-back Cy Young Award winner and only 25-years old. We really think he low-balled himself when he asked for $13 million in arbitration, while we think the Giants really low-balled him when they offered $8 million. Based on what stud ace pitchers get paid these days, how can the Giants not be willing to throw him $13 million or even $10 million? But the bottom line is that they haven’t figured this out and it looks like it’s headed for an arbitration hearing.

Lincecum’s agent Rick Thurman says there has been very little discussion between the two sides, which makes…absolutely no sense. Apparently, talks for a one-year deal have been non-existent and there has been “some very insignificant two-year conversations,” which makes him think that “it’s quite clear the case is headed to a hearing. I think that’s the direction (a hearing) they’ve wanted this to go from Day 1 simply because there’s been little or no discussions with regards to a contract.”

Player arbitration in MLB can get very ugly. One side tells everyone why he’s so good and why he deserves X amount of month. Then the team says “this is why you aren’t worth that.” Not a good situation. Well, what are the Giants going to say about Lincecum to get his figure down? He gets hurt too much? Hasn’t proven he can pitch consistently at this level? What would it be? They don’t like his hair? Nobody does? Not even his mom?

San Francisco Giants pitcher Tim Lincecum has filed for $13 million in arbitration, according to SI.com’s Jon Heyman. The Giants submitted a paltry, are-you-actually-serious $8 million on their end. We understand that arbitration is a negotiation process, but are you kidding? $8 million for a kid coming off back-to-back Cy Young Awards?

Some speculated that Lincecum could fetch near $20 million and he’d be worth it. We think $13 million would be a great price for the Giants to spend on this stud. Regardless it looks like Lincecum will break Ryan Howard’s $10 million first-year arbitration record.

We can’t imagine the Giants putting up too much of a fight here. Pay the man and move on.

According to Rick Thurman, the agent for San Francisco Giants superstud Tim Lincecum, the two-time Cy Young Award winner will seek a one-year deal in his first arbitration eligible offseason. He surely will break Ryan Howard’s record ($10 million) for first-year arbitration-eligible players.

“As of today, we’ll pursue a one-year deal,” Thurman said.

Lincecum wants to take full advantage of the arbitration system, and that’s fine. But he is taking a risk should he suffer some sort of serious arm injury. But based on what they say about his non-traditional delivery, that will never happen.

Photo Caption: Soon he’ll be able to afford the good weed.

San Francisco Giants pothead pitcher Tim Lincecum earned his second straight NL Cy Young Award with a 15-7 record and 2.48 ERA.

He won the award with just 11 first-place votes and became the first pitcher to win the award without the most first-place votes since Tom Glavine in 1998. Adam Wainwright from the St. Louis Cardinals had 12 first-place votes.

Many didn’t think he’d win it because of his modest 15 wins, but we think wins are a stupid stat for a pitcher. Unless you are up around 18 or so, it’s not a good indicator of how well you pitched. Hell, you can blow a save and still get a win.

All-world San Francisco Giants pitcher Tim Lincecum is facing charges of pot possession after he was found with 3.3 grams and a pipe during a traffic stop. He was in his native Washington where we guess having pot doesn’t get you arrested.

He was fined a total of $622 for doing 74 mph in a 60 zone and for possession of marijuana and drug paraphernalia.

We think this is hilarious because we just talked to a friend a month ago out in California who knows people that hang out with him. He was telling us that Lincecum is a total hippie stoner. Now it looks like he was telling the truth.

Stud starting pitcher Tim Lincecum indicated that he’d be open to signing a long-term deal with the San Francisco Giants after the season, meaning he’d avoid his first arbitration.

“I definitely like San Francisco,” Lincecum said. “I’ve seen nothing but positive things as far as my personal experiences. It’s where I see myself being for awhile.”

Lincecum could set a record for a pitcher in their first arbitration, possibly fetching some $10 million for a year. If the Giants are going to have to hand over that kind of cash, they might as well just lock him up long term. It’s not like they have to wait to see much more from the kid.

Rick Thurman, Lincecum’s agent, said that the two sides have not yet begun working on a long-term deal.

“We’ve let it play out this year,” Thurman said. “I think it’ll be up to the Giants as to what they want to do and how they approach the offseason. It’ll really be a function of how the Giants look at him … and if he wins the Cy Young.”