The Franchise: Season 1

Product Description

Unscripted, uncensored and unprecedented…this is no fantasy baseball. It's the players as you've never seen them, all their stories and every fascinating moment - as it happens, the way it happens.

SHOWTIME presents THE FRANCHISE: A SEASON WITH THE SAN FRANCISCO GIANTS, an MLB Productions Original Series. This gripping docu-series provides a candid look at the struggles, relationships and day-to-day lives of Major League Baseball players through unprecedented access to Giants players, their families, coaches and team personnel. Real, dramatic, intense, unexpected. It's baseball from the inside-out.

In this season of THE FRANCHISE:

• Brian Wilson reveals his high-energy and peculiar approach to…life.
• Bruce Bochy & Brian Sabean take you upfront and inside the brain trust's key decisions.
• Ryan Vogelsong exposes his intense and personal story including his rise to All-Star status.
• Pablo Sandoval proves his drive with a stellar 2011 season.
• Buster Posey shows his commitment to the team and determination for a full recovery.
• Brandon Belt brings you inside the manager's office as he makes the team, is assigned to the Minors, and then later recalled.

THE FRANCHISE: A SEASON WITH THE SAN FRANCISCO GIANTS opens the clubhouse doors to reveal your favorite team as never before.

Special Features

• Vignettes and Promos
• 2011 Walk-Off Victories
• Sandoval Hits for the Cycle
• Giants White House Visit
• Bryan Stow Ceremony

Disc 1: Preview / Episodes 1-4

Disc 2: Episodes 5-8 / Bonus