Other than that, he doesn’t expect much to change, even with Cy Young being part of his title now. He dealt with a lot of this last year, with the Sports Illustrated cover and All-Star Game, so it shouldn’t all be new.

Even that extra attention he gets at the gym is a bit, well, maybe it’s best if he explains.

"No one really recognizes me," he says. "The way they do, one person recognizes me, and then they tell someone else and so eventually they all hear I play baseball. But a couple guys were calling me ‘Tim’ at the gym, because they thought I was (NL Cy Young winner) Tim Lincecum. That’s how it is."