Lincecum and Kershaw matched up four times in 2011, Kershaw winning all four contests, all four of them tremendous duels. In the four games Lincecum pitched 29 innings with a 1.24 ERA, but an 0-4 record. Kershaw was 4-0, pitched 30.1 innings with a 0.30 ERA.

– Bill James, Grantland.com.

So that’s pretty awesome. It’s cool when matchups between the best pitchers in the game play out like matchups between the best pitchers in the game. Poor Tim Lincecum pitches for a team with no offense to speak of.