Tim Lincecum decided that the best way to regain the form that led to two NL Cy Young Awards was to acknowledge father knows best. Lincecum enters his ninth season with the San Francisco Giants projected as the No. 5 starter this year. In search of answers, Lincecum returned home to suburban Seattle in the offseason and worked with his father. Chris Lincecum put his son on a throwing regimen of 50 sessions.