Can You Split A Cy Young Award Three Ways?

Okay, so how many jokes can you think of where the punch line is, "they should change the name of the award to the 'High' Young." Rimshot! Clearly, Tim Lincecum is in the news for the second time this month for something much more rewarding – namely his second-consecutive NL Cy Young Award. It's really difficult not to give the award to a guy who won it last year and managed to improve on his numbers in 2009. From MLB.com: Lincecum clearly improved overall. The 25-year-old trimmed his ERA by 0.14. Opponents hit .206 off him this season, compared to .221 in 2008. After walking 84 in 227 innings a year ago, he improved to 68 walks in 225 1/3 innings this season. The other names on the short list of candidates were Chris Carpenter and Adam Wainwright of the Cardinals. Going in, one had to assume that teammates being so great would, in some way, cancel each other out ... and that's exactly what happened. Wainwright actually received the most first-place votes (12) but only rec...