An officer approached Lincecum’s 2006 Mercedes and smelled marijuana as the
pitcher rolled down his window. Schatzel said Lincecum immediately complied with
a request to hand over the drug and a marijuana pipe from the car’s center
console.
The amount measured was 3.3 grams. Schatzel said police consider that a
small amount for personal use, well below the maximum of 40 grams before
possession is classified differently and carries a more severe penalty.
The arrest was first reported by The Columbian in Vancouver, Wash.
“It was about the size of a thumb, the whole thumb,” Schatzel said of the
volume of marijuana Lincecum handed over.
Lincecum was fined a total of $622 for driving at 74 mph in a 60 mph zone,
and for possession of marijuana and drug paraphernalia. Both are misdemeanors.
The 25-year-old All-Star starter entered a plea of not guilty through his
attorney on Monday, according to records in Clark County District Court. A
hearing that had been scheduled for Friday morning was canceled, pending a
pretrial conference between Lincecum’s attorney and a county prosecutor on Nov.
23.
Lincecum is currently scheduled to appear before a judge on Dec. 22.
The native of the Seattle suburb of Bellevue went 15-7 with a 2.48 ERA in 32
starts and 225 1-3 innings in 2009, his third season in the major leagues. He is
40-17 with a 2.90 ERA in his career, and could be getting a huge, multimillion
raise from salary arbitration this offseason.
Teammates consider the smallish right-hander a quirky perfectionist. They
also consider him the “Franchise,” the nickname they gave him when he broke
into the big leagues only a year out of college. Others see his boyish face,
shaggy dark hair, his diminutive frame—and his dominance—and call him “The
Freak.”
San Francisco chose him 10th overall in the 2006 draft out of Washington,
and he instantly became the organization’s top pitching prospect since Hall of
Famer Juan Marichal signed with the New York Giants as an amateur free agent in
1957.

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