Tim Lincecum and Chris Carpenter Jostling For National League Cy Young Supremacy

As the calender threatens to turn from August to September and essentially the last month of the Major League Baseball season, we're entering award season. Or at least award speculation season. Observers get to speculate who will win what while players have about 40 games to put the finishing touches on their cases for the individual awards. For the modern pitcher, that means eight to 10 starts depending on off-days and durability. In the National League, the race for the Cy Young Award has many qualified entrants.  Guys like Josh Johnson, Adam Wainwright, Matt Cain, Dan Haren and a few others have a good shot at the gold if they can put together a strong stretch run. But they'll all need the two leaders to stumble as the leaves turn. Those two would be Tim Lincecum of the San Francisco Giants and Chris Carpenter of the St. Louis Cardinals. Each hurler has his flaws, but their superlative seasons to date keep them head and shoulders above the competition despite the war...