When I heard earlier today that Tim Lincecum won this year’s N.L. Cy Young Award, finishing ahead of both Adam Wainwright and Chris Carpenter — who should have finished 1-2, respectively — my mind immediately jumped to the Oscars and some of the silly decisions that body has made.

You know, inexplicable things like Al Pacino never winning an Oscar for playing Michael Corleone; ”The English Patient” beating out “Fargo”; and Val Kilmer not even being nominated for his performance as Doc Holliday in “Tombstone.”

But at least the Cy Young voting could be the jumping-off point for giving the top three N.L. hurlers some new nicknames:

– Tim “Forrest Gump” Lincecum: In 1994, this pop-culture phenomenon, while not a bad movie at all, won the Best Picture award. It would not have been such an egregious oversight had it not beaten out two of the finest films of the decade: ”Pulp Fiction” and “The Shawshank Redemption.”

– Adam “X-Man” Wainwright: In one of the absolute worst mistakes ever made by the Academy, Edward Norton did not win the actor’s award for his breathtaking performance in “American History X.” Instead, the statue went to Roberto Benigni for “Life is Beautiful.”

– Chris “Godfather” Carpenter: In 1972, Al Pacino, Robert Duvall and James Caan all were nominated for the supporting actor award. Which one of these stellar performances did the Academy recognize? None, they picked Joel Grey for “Cabaret.”