Pot found in Tim Lincecum's car

[Cracked Bat Collector]

When pulled over for speeding, Lincecum was found to have marijuana in his car. Sad to hear this as he was a favorite pitcher of mine. I've definitely lost some respect for him. http://www.columbian.com/article/20091105/NEWS02/711069987

[dlk9s]

Tim Lincecum smokes pot? I would have never guessed by looking at him!

[Team Canada]

Yeah, for whatever reason I don't find it that surprising, although I don't know him and have any basis for saying that, so no offense to Tim.

 

And let's not turn this into another debate on the legality and detriments/benefits of smoking marijuana.

[trwi7]

I'm not going to lose respect for the guy because he's doing something a third of the U.S. population does.

[JonnyLungs]

I hope he hasn't given all the money he's made in his career to his posse like some have said Jeremy Jeffress probably has.

[mtrebs]

I'm not going to lose respect for the guy because he's doing something a third of the U.S. population does.

Is this true...a third of the U.S. population smokes pot? I guess I need to get out more...

[trwi7]

Is this true...a third of the U.S. population smokes pot? I guess I need to get out more...

Over 83 million Americans over the age of 12 have tried it.

[RyDogg66]

Its probably about as prevalent as cigarette smoking. Im not losing any sleep either.

[And That]

I hope he hasn't given all the money he's made in his career to his posse like some have said Jeremy Jeffress probably has.

Would it surprise you to know that Tim Lincecum is IN Jeremy Jeffress' posse?

[RightFieldCoder]

I'm sure at least 1/3 of the US population has cheated on their SO, but that doesn't mean I'll look the other way when a high profile person does it.

[Invader3K]

Oh well. He'll get some slap on the wrist fine and that's it. Doesn't affect me. I don't care.

[endaround]

His car was holding it for a friend

[PKBadger]

To paraphrase Sir Smokes-a-lot: It's hard being young and gifted. Sometimes he wants to throw it all down and get LIFTED.

[mtrebs]

Is this true...a third of the U.S. population smokes pot? I guess I need to get out more...

Over 83 million Americans over the age of 12 have tried it.

I guess I took the original comment as one-third of the U.S. population regularly smokes pot, not that one-third has smoked pot at least once in their lives. That makes more sense.

[Bikeage77]

it'll surprise ya who you know smokes but doens't advertise it. i know it blew my girlfriends mind to find out her aunt and mom still smoke once in awhile...

[JimH5]

The news source on this one is "Columbian.com". Ironic.

 

I'm not surprised that he smokes pot.

I am perplexed why he would be so blatant about it.

And I would hope that he loses endorsement deals over it.

[berniebrewer4life]

I'm not going to lose respect for the guy because he's doing something a third of the U.S. population does.

Yea, it doesn't bother me(smoking is slowly getting more and more acceptable in our country). As for him getting a slap on the wrist, for that amount of weed(3.3 grams), unless you have a criminal record all you are going to get is a fine. It's a misdemeanor unless you have over 40 grams on you.

[owbc]

He'll face some consequences for this but it is better than committing a more serious crime or taking steroids.

 

It will be interesting to see how the public/media reacts to this compared to the Michael Phelps case.

[bullox]

The only real problem I see with it is that he was driving while smoking. While many people will say it makes you more cautious and makes you drive slower, that must be a case-by-case basis since he was pulled over for speeding. In addition to speeding he was driving while impaired. This is almost equal to the LaRussa situation. It's not like Tim was passed out at the wheel.

 

Granted I agree that weed is nowhere near as dangerous as alcohol, but that's another discussion for another time and place.

[dragoon84]

I'm shocked! Appalled! Shocked!

[tyguy20204]

No big deal.

[Ennder]

I'd lose more respect for him if he just smoked cigarettes than pot. I mean at least you get some sort of tangible buzz from pot and you don't generally poison others while smoking it since you do it in privacy. Edited November 6, 2009 by Ennder

[RyDogg66]

If pot were legal I would lose half of my criminal defense clients and have to go into something really scary, like divorce and child custody. If got caught one more time in Wisconsin he would be looking at prison time and a felony. No wonder we have 3x more people in prison than Minnesota does.

[sheethead]

The only real problem I see with it is that he was driving while smoking.

 

Where did it say he was smoking while he was driving?

[dragoon84]

If pot were legal I would lose half of my criminal defense clients and have to go into something really scary, like divorce and child custody. If got caught one more time in Wisconsin he would be looking at prison time and a felony. No wonder we have 3x more people in prison than Minnesota does.

Let me get this straight, get caught with pot twice, and you get thrown in prison?

 

Holy Crap! What is this, a muslim country or something?