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Tag Archives: bumgarner
The Gauntlet II: Giants Start Longest Consecutive Game Stretch of Season With Home Loss to Chicago White Sox
On Friday night, the Giants lost a heartbreaker. Their bats were silenced again by the opposing starter, in this case Lance Lynn of the Chicago White Sox, and though Giants starter Alex Cobb went five scoreless, the Giants once again … Continue reading
The Legend of MadBum
I quit twitter in 2021 (@giantsbaseballc and @mtksf), but throughout my ten years on twitter I’d RT stories about Madison Bumgarner hashtag #TheLegendofMadBum. Scroll through those for some sweet memories – some of which aren’t included in this video I … Continue reading
Posted in Commemorations, Commentary, etiquette, flashbacks, pitchers, SFG Off Day Posts
Tagged #TheLegendofMadBum, baseball, bumgarner, corner, francisco, Giants, Kyle, league, Madbum, madison, major, mlb, national, san, SF
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Grief and Injury in the Fam
I haven’t got much to say about the twin issues that suddenly struck the Giants out of the blue – the sudden death of Brandon Crawford’s sister-in-law and the dirt bike accident that put Madison Bumgarner on the DL for … Continue reading
Posted in Commentary
Tagged accident, bereavement, bike, Brandon, bruise, bumgarner, Crawford, death, dirt, grief, injury, madison, ribs, sadness, shoulder, sister-in-law
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GBC Reader Vol. 2, Issue 2: 2017 Giants, a Work in Progress
Well the first fourteen games (four series) of the season are behind us and a couple of things are already clear. The NL West is going to be a dogfight. The Rockies, Dodgers and D-backs all expect to be in … Continue reading
Posted in GBC Readers
Tagged alex, baseball, blackburn, bumgarner, Buster, Cain, chris, clayton, de la rosa, frandy, gbc, Giants, hundley, Jake, jarrett, Jeff, karthik, league, M.T.Karthik, madison, major, marrero, mastroianni, Matt, mlb, moore, mtk, national, nick, olney, parker, pavlovic, Posey, reader, samardzija, SF
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The Giants Biggest Home Stand of the Year
And so it comes to this. The best first half in the majors and the second-worst second half in the majors sums to the most important home stand of the year with twenty games to play. Seven games: three against … Continue reading
We Believe In Our Champions Blood
We have endured the East Coast and LA bias from national networks for so long they’re irrelevant to us. In fact sometimes it feels better to ride the role of underdog, knowing we have the most experienced, smartest and most … Continue reading
CL game 3: Bumgarner Yields Homer then Settles In, Hesto Throws 2 Scoreless, Giants defeat Reds 4-3
Madison Bumgarner’s first start was apparently similar to years past: gave up a dinger and then settled into his usual self, striking out the side to end his outing. Chris Heston then came in and handled the Reds for two … Continue reading
Posted in Cactus League
Tagged adrianza, bumgarner, cactus, cincinatti, ehire, franciisco, game, Giants, league, madison, Reds, san, SF, three, win
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What a Week’s Rest Can Do: Giants Crush Marlins, 9-1, in Opening Game of Second Half
What a delight to see the team working on all cylinders – even without Angel Pagan. A badass homer from Crawford who worked an 11-pitch count and then owned it. Madison Bumgarner handling business, and Posey and Pablo getting RBIs … Continue reading
The Battle for First Begins a Mile High
After beating the Marlins 4-1 Sunday the Giants flew directly to Denver and checked into their hotels so as to enjoy as much of their day off yesterday as possible. Ryan Vogelsong’s strong outing made the home stand a winning … Continue reading
Bumgarner Fans 9, B-Craw Goes Yard 2x, Giants Sweep the Chop
The Giants swept the Braves with good pitching and home runs, a LOT of home runs. In today’s final game of the series, Madison Bumgarner was dominant, striking out the side twice and ending with 9Ks. Brandon Crawford had his … Continue reading
Giants Seek First Series Sweep in Atlanta Since 1988
In Game Two, the Giants held the Braves to just one run on the strength of pitching under pressure by Ryan Vogelsong, home runs by Michael Morse, Brandon Belt and Buster Posey and good defense – in particular once again … Continue reading
Series Recap: Turning Point for Giants Starting Pitchers (3-1)
Save for Ryan Vogelsong’s fifth inning implosion that lost game one of these four with the Atlanta Braves, this series was a smile that became a grin as everything from starting pitching to batting came together. Starting Pitching Matt Cain, … Continue reading
Hunter Pence Goes Yard, Romo Gets 4th Save
Not much time to write before we play again, but just to take note of Hunter Pence’s Big Fly – which I understand was deep to left-center. I hope we see more of that this year. If we could get … Continue reading
GBC Recap – The Opening Series v. LA (2-1)
It took a perfect outing from one of the best lefties in baseball – including the first home run he ever hit in his life – to mar what was otherwise an excellent opening series for the San Francisco Giants. … Continue reading
Posted in Series Recaps
Tagged 16, 2013, angeles, Arias, Arizona, baseball, bumgarner, Cain, Cardinals, Casilla, champion, chavez, classic, corner, Diamondbacks, dodgers, francisco, George, Giants, gold, hunter, inning, Joaquin, kershaw, Kontos, Lincecum, los, Louis, madison, Matt, mlb, opening, Pablo, pence, platinum, ravine, recap, reliever, Romo, san, Sandoval, santiago, Sergio, series, solid, St., stellar, Tim, world
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Madison Bumgarner has ALWAYS been a Mack
from the June 2011 Giants ballpark program.
Posted in pitchers
Tagged age 3, big country, bumgarner, english, Giants, hat, Hudson, Maddy, madison, nc, San Francisco, SF, walking
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Bumgarner Platinum, Romo Gold
From the program displayed in the video above, as per J. Fletcher quoting Madison Bumgarner’s high school coach, Jeff Parham at Caldwell South, regarding his second attempt to win the State Championships:”Playing the series at Five County Stadium (AA Mudcats), … Continue reading
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Tagged 10-0, 2011, 4-1, 5, bumgarner, Caldwell, Caldwell South, champion, county, five, Fletcher, Hudson, Jeff, Jeff Fletcher, nc, north carolina, Parham, platinum, program, pull, quote, SFG, SFgiants, south, stadium, strikeouts, struck out 12
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Giants Baseball Corner 
Gauntlet II: Giants Hit the Road After Suffering Home Series Sweep by White Sox, Open in Arizona Against MadBum and Lose Big; Have Lost Five Straight and Eleven of Last Fourteen
It was just a terrible end to June, as the Giants finished it winning only two of the last eight games in the month. The Giants lost a three game series to the Reds at home and only split a … Continue reading →