Stoner-Athlete of the Decade

You know the type. Every high school in America seems to have one: The stoner who also happens to excel in sports. He could be a star athlete, except he can't really get into the jock culture; he'd rather spend his time getting high on weed. You figure every once in a while, there must be a stoner who's so gifted that he can also rise to the top in a professional sport, aside from snowboarding.



Tim Lincecum was busted last summer for marijuana possession when he got pulled over for speeding. This was after he had already won two Cy Young awards as the best pitcher in the National League.

In the past two weeks, I've had the pleasure of watching him pitch two incredible games and say "fuck yeah" twice on live TV. The first was in a post-game interview on the local TV channel:



Watch as he duck-walks in the dug-out in anticipation of a run-scoring hit. When the hit comes, he leaps in the air, then yells, "Fuck Yeah! Shut up!" to no one in particular during a national broadcast of the Giants-Braves playoff game.



Lincecum next pitches this Saturday in the opening game of the National League championship series against Roy Halladay, the only other pitcher who can be considered as good as Lincecum for the past three years. Halladay has about 8 inches and 70 pounds on Lincecum. Here's a photo of them together:



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