Twice as nice: Tim Lincecum wins second straight Cy Young

The NL Cy Young title is staying in the Land of Lincecum.After a classic photo finish that saw the third-place pitcher get the most first-place votes, San Francisco's Tim Lincecum(notes) still garnered the highest vote total (100) over Chris Carpenter(notes) (94) and Adam Wainwright(notes) (90) to repeat as the Senior Circuit's top pitcher on Thursday. Tiny Tim is the first back-to-back winner since Randy Johnson(notes) won four straight between 1999 and 2002. He's the first pitcher in history to win with only 15 victories. All three hurlers presented convincing cases, but BBWAA voters ultimately decided to look past "High Young's" 15-7 mark and reward his league-high 261 strikeouts and four complete games. His 2.48 ERA was only second to Carpenter's 2.16. (Lincecum, though pitched over 30 innings more than the St. Louis ace, who spent time on the disabled list). My gut feeling is that most voters didn't think Lincecum did anything to lose the titl...