dont give me no bammer weed

http://columbian.com/article/20091105/NEWS02/71106 9987/-1/news

cliff notes

Tim Lincecum, star pitcher for the San Francisco Giants, is facing charges of misdemeanor possession of marijuana and drug paraphernalia use after being stopped for speeding on I-5 last week.

Here  is a link that actually works.

Not sure how big a deal to make of this. It wasn't a smart thing for him to do, but he's hardly an axe murderer.

Anyone know why driving while High isnt as bad as driving on alcohol?  DUI is Driving Under Influence , but how is alcohol different than under iffluence of weed?

Athleticsfan wrote:

Anyone know why driving while High isnt as bad as driving on alcohol?  DUI is Driving Under Influence , but how is alcohol different than under iffluence of weed?

It isn't.  The only question would be rather or not he was driving after having smoked it.

Or, a better question: What if, instead of a famous Major League Baseball player, had it been you or I pulled over?

Hardly the end of the world, but still a huge let-down.  From now on Tim shall be known as Cheech Lincecum.

Will he get a 50 game suspension?

DoctorMorphine wrote:

Will he get a 50 game suspension?

Why would he? I don't think players even get 50 game suspension for their first positive steroid test.

EDIT: Scratch that - for some reason I was under the impression that the 50 game ban was only after the second offense. Anyway as Toddy points out it is hardly performance enhancing, and also from a legal perspective Lincecum hasn't tested positive for anything, at least not in a MLB drugs test.

Doubt it. Suspensions are handed out for using performance enhancing drugs, and the only thing weed enhances is one's ability to eat Doritos.

I'm shocked that a baseball player would smoke marijuana during the offseason, especially Tim Lincecum.

As for league punishment, I'm guessing he'll be fined.  Here's the relevant paragraph from the drug agreement:

F. Marijuana
A Player on the Administrative Track for the use or possession of marijuana shall not be subject to suspension. The Player will be subject to fines, which shall be progressive and which shall not exceed $25,000 for any particular violation. Notwithstanding the foregoing, a Player who participates in the sale or distribution (as those terms are used in the criminal code) of marijuana will be subject to the discipline set forth in Section 8.E above.

Shocking?!?! Is this considered the giants way? I wonder how former microsoft lawyer Neukom will try and fix this. The giants pride themselves on a good media image and promoting their star players since they have a history of winning nothing as a team. Considering giants basically have a control as favorites on knbr, comcast, chronicle I would expect some type of apology or media campaign to prevent further damage. I would have to think zito might have participated in these activities previously

Lets get lifted Timmy!!! Hummm Baby!!!

I read that mlb doesn't test for marijuana.