The One–Two Punch: History's Greatest Pitching Duos

This time last year the Giants didn't have a whole lot to cheer about. The team was 17 games under .500, and looking pretty lost. A huge deal to a mechanically unsound Barry Zito proved to be a giant mistake, and outside of a phenomenal performance by young ace, Tim Lincecum, there didn't appear to be a whole lot of hope for the club. Flash forward to 2009. The Giants have the best team ERA in baseball, a winning record, and are right in the middle of the NL wildcard race. No, Zito has not reemerged as a dominant pitcher, so how did the staff do it? The Giants have risen out of baseball's cellar on the arms of the best pitching duo in baseball, Tim Lincecum and Matt Cain. That statement sounds fun, but what does it have to do with history's greatest pitching duos? Not much at all, actually. I just wanted to point out how good Lincecum and Cain were playing. Maybe good isn't the word, though. Great is probably closer. As it stands Lincecum is 12-3 an...