SAN FRANCISCO – This is a bit inane, but bear with me.
Tom Anderson, the multimillionaire creator of Myspace, wants the Giants to re-sign Tim Lincecum. So does turn-of-the-millennium punk-pop band Smash Mouth.
Anderson even joked that he would front the cost, writing on his Twitter account, “Can we keep @timLincecum if I pay for it? #6manrotation.” A day later, in wonderfully random fashion, Smash Mouth chimed in its approval: “Let’s do it!!! #TimmyForLife.”
Myspace isn’t coming back into popular use. Smash Mouth probably won’t go platinum again. And hey now, Lincecum likely won’t be an All-Star in 2016 following major hip surgery (bah-dum-psssh).