Britt: Tim Lincecum’s look not such a curveball

So he looks like a face-wasted extra from a Beardo video. Big deal, McNeal.

Why, then, the astounding amount of consternation over the fashion foibles of our very own bona fide superstar pitcher, Tim Lincecum? Is it the boyish smile beneath the long, dark hair? The black ski cap at press conferences? The “Twilight”-like pallor? The fact that he looks as if he’s late for band practice?

If any week in recent memory has inflamed the stuffed shirts against Lincecum’s off-field dress, it’s this one.

Not only did Tiny Tim ask for $13 million in arbitration (pay him!), he went tieless in what very well may have been his father’s drab suit for a court date on Jan. 19. Days later, he suited up in a sleek tux, white pocket square and black necktie (he and Alex Rodriguez, also in a necktie with tie clip, made the other big-leaguers look like country rubes) for the Baseball Writers Association of America dinner to formally collect his second Cy Young Award.

...As are the Giants. Team spokeswoman Shana Daum says, “We love how Tim dresses and looks as long as he’s our pitcher and keeps on winning.” In fact, the team is so enthralled that it’s planning to sell a Tim Lincecum hairpiece to be worn under a ball cap so that all fans can sport a set of Lincecum locks.

But the outcry persists, with comments like: “Cut his hair,” “Dress like a man” and “Make him over.” Ah, the trials of fame.