Whereas Tim Lincecum has largely disappeared from the general public eye since retiring from baseball, the lovable and eccentric World Sequence champion has privately been coping with private tragedy.
Lincecum’s spouse, Cristin Coleman, a principal at a Peninsula elementary college, died in June after a yearslong battle with most cancers.
Whereas the information of Coleman’s demise was reported on the time — a beloved determine herself at Burlingame College District’s Washington Elementary College — the Giants group on Thursday confirmed her connection to Lincecum whereas mourning her loss.
“The Giants had been extraordinarily saddened to study of the passing of Tim Lincecum’s spouse, Cristin Coleman,” the membership wrote on Twitter. “Our deepest condolences exit to Tim, Cristin’s household and all these whose lives she touched as a pal and trainer. She was beloved by the Giants household and her caring and real spirit touched these of us who had been lucky sufficient to know her throughout her and Timmy’s years with us.”
Coleman and Lincecum had been lately married, in keeping with a Giants spokesperson. She rode alongside him within the Giants’ 2012 World Sequence parade.
Lincecum’s solely look at Oracle Park since his retirement got here in 2019, for Bruce Bochy’s retirement ceremony.
His absence from Saturday’s upcoming 10-year-anniversary celebration of the 2012 World Sequence workforce — together with Buster Posey, Pablo Sandoval and Brian Wilson, three different key members who gained’t be in attendance — drew consideration this week when the visitor record was introduced.
Lincecum additionally misplaced his brother, Sean, at age 37 in 2018.
The Giants initially recognized Cristin Coleman as Lincecum’s girlfriend. This text has been up to date.