A mere one day after the hardrooting staff sang the praises of Giants pitcher Tim Lincecum, the San Francisco trick-or-treat, the hometown Boston Herald offered this:

Tim Lincecum could be worth gamble for Sox

Ellsbury for Lincecum good deal

The Red Sox [team stats] have cash. The Red Sox need starting pitching. The Red Sox have a major talent in Jacoby Ellsbury [stats] as trade bait.

Well what do you know? There’s a big-money 28-year-old two-time Cy Young Award winner with one year left on his contract who could be available after a rough season.

Sounds like a match made in heaven, right?

If only the case of Tim Lincecum were that simple.

Memo to Red Sox Nation: Nothing about Timmy is simple.

But here’s guessing he could roll his own in Boston. And be the most interesting Red Sox hurler since Oil Can Boyd.

We say that like it’s a good thing.

(And we still contend the Sox should have started Boyd in Game 7 of the ’86 World Serious. We don’t care how hammered he was – the Can was born to win that game.)