Freak Season: Behind the Scenes with San Francisco Giants Pitcher Tim Lincecum from Spring Training to the World Series
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Freak Season is an intimate four-color photography book of San Francisco Giants pitcher Tim Lincecum. In his first three full seasons in the major leagues, Lincecum has earned two Cy Young Awards and a World Series Championship. Contrary to his public image of rock-star pitcher, Lincecum is an introvert who keeps company mostly with childhood friends and shuns the spotlight. 
He allowed unprecedented access to Pulitzer Prize-winning photographer Deanne Fitzmaurice during the 2010 season. What emerges from Fitzmaurice’s photographs, and author Joan Ryan’s accompanying text, is a fearless competitor whose knees buckle when he has to speak in public, a restless adolescent who can’t sit still through a movie but has such hyper-focus on the mound that he sinks into what he describes as a sort of netherworld.
Freak Season takes us into the clubhouse and the dugout, into his home and hotel room. We see Lincecum during unguarded moments with teammates, friends and family. The book tells the story of one of the most remarkable and interesting athletes of our generation during the trials and triumphs of a historic championship season.