Tim Lincecum: the Most Important Player in The World Series
For the Giants, that is certainly true. But of all the 50 players that will be participating in the 2010 World Series—which begins Wednesday at 7:57 p.m. in the San Francisco’s AT&T Park—”The Freak” is still the most important.
Here are 10 of the reasons why:
Cliff Lee battles the Yankees in Game 3 of the ALCS tonight.
Texas couldn’t have a better ace on the mound tonight, as the Rangers look to take a commanding 2-1 lead and move one step closer to their first World Series.
Lee was absolutely dominant in his two starts against Tampa Bay in the ALDS: iIn 16 innings he allowed 11 hits, two earned runs, walked zero and struck out 21.
And last year he was just as good for the Phillies: He won all four of his decisions, allowed just seven ER in 40.1 innings and his strikeout to walk ration was 33-6.
That’s been one of the best postseason stretches in recent memory.
But does he rank as one of the 10 greatest postseason pitchers? Check out this list to find out.
Although they are two very different pitchers, the Giants’ Tim Lincecum and the Phillies’ Roy Halladay are two of baseball’s top three or four.
Saturday night in Philadelphia, Lincecum—the NL Cy Young winner each of the previous two seasons—will face Halladay, the front runner for this year’s NL Cy Young, who tossed a no-hitter in his last start.
Although postseason baseball was limited to the World Series only until 1969, and the World Series and LCS until 1995, there have been dozens of classic pitching matchups in baseball history.
Here are the top 10 of all time.
With the divisional series now complete, the league championship series are ready to begin.
Two familiar faces, the Yankees and Phillies, are the favorites to repeat as pennant winners and set up a World Series rematch.
Thankfully, there are two newcomers, to offset the potential Yankee-Phillie overload.
The Giants haven’t reached the NLCS since 2002; the Rangers never have made it this far.
Inside we take a look at the key matchups. (All times EST)
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