Madison Bumgarner leads GreenJackets

by wilriv21 on Sep 3, 2008 5:55 PM PDT

Madison Bumgarner is leading the San Francisco Giants Lo "A" minor league affiliate Augusta GreenJackets in their playoff hunt. In game one of the series, Bumgarner has continued his sensational minor league season blanking the Ashville Tourists through seven innings.

In seven innings, Bumgarner has only allowed two hits, no runs, no walks and has struckout 10 Ashville Tourist batters. Big V has the lone Augusta GreenJackets hit in a 1 - 0 Augusta lead through 7 innings.

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Update: Bumgarner pitched eight shutout innings allowing three hits while striking out 10 batters. Closer Andrew De La Garza pitched a scoreless ninth inning saving the game in a 1 - 0 GreenJackets victory.

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seems like he has a great pickoff move

Pickoffs: Bumgarner 3 (Mitchell at 1st base, Cunningham at 1st base, Rike at 1st base).

by SFGAmsterdam on Sep 3, 2008 6:02 PM PDT 0 recs

He picked off every runner he allowed. This guy is like the Chuck Norris of pitchers, without the hyperbole.

by Grant on Sep 3, 2008 7:13 PM PDT up 0 recs

Bumgarner allows hitters to reach base

but only to pick them off and make them look stupid

"I think I was the best player I ever saw"
Willie Mays, you ain't kidding

by CB30 on Sep 3, 2008 7:21 PM PDT up 0 recs

Bumgarner doesn't even pick runners off

They pick themselves off so they can run and tell all their friends they got on first base against Madison Bumgarner

"Forget it Donny, you're out of you're element"-Walter Sobchak

by icanplaythird on Sep 3, 2008 9:46 PM PDT up 0 recs

for they year

that makes 18 or 19 in total.

Only one hitter reached second base – and that was because Ciricao dropped the pickoff throw.
One LOB.

Pedro Feliz would look great in Dodger Blue.

by irwin on Sep 4, 2008 8:29 AM PDT up 0 recs

MadBum is ridiculous.

Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.

by jponry on Sep 3, 2008 6:09 PM PDT 0 recs

stupid ridiculous

Rafael Rodriguez: More tools than Home Depot.

by BrianBokake on Sep 3, 2008 9:24 PM PDT up 0 recs

Where is Dr. B!

Michael Ambort: Dude hits TATERS.
Bay City Ball

by xanthan on Sep 3, 2008 6:14 PM PDT 0 recs

nm, found him.

Michael Ambort: Dude hits TATERS.
Bay City Ball

by xanthan on Sep 3, 2008 6:16 PM PDT up 0 recs

Nonsense, he's right here

by Evan on Sep 3, 2008 7:11 PM PDT up 0 recs

That’s more like what I imagined DrB to look like.

My Dave Righetti is better than your Dave Righetti.

by howtheyscored on Sep 4, 2008 2:44 AM PDT up 0 recs

Tough luck loss for Asheville’s Graham—giving up 1 hit over 8 innings and losing. And that one hit—Villalona’s—was an infield hit. Bumgarner: 10k, 0BB.

Is Barnes going for Augusta next?

by haverecords on Sep 3, 2008 6:53 PM PDT 0 recs

Graham matched him pitch for pitch, but Graham will be 23 in December. Usually it’s us who have to temper our enthusiam when one of our minor league players does well because they’re usually well over the average age, but for once our stars down there at the lowel level are just teenagers.

Brian Sabean's new dad: Firm believer in corporal punishment

by rxmeister on Sep 3, 2008 6:57 PM PDT up 0 recs

Mad Bum

Mad Bum is just 19 years, one month and two days old. VERY young for a league he dominated. I’m guessing he’ll skip right by San Jose.

by sharksrog on Sep 4, 2008 12:47 AM PDT up 0 recs

Bumgamer

Fred Lewis can stand under my umbrella.
31 May 2007, 21:38 EST - the last time Matteh's career W-L wasn't below.500

by S.F. Giangst on Sep 4, 2008 3:14 AM PDT 0 recs

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3NjThjinDDQ

Zooperstars, they quack me up!

by Goofus on Sep 4, 2008 7:32 AM PDT 0 recs

Noooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo

Billy Hayes: His job is better than yours.

by delorean on Sep 4, 2008 11:14 AM PDT up 0 recs

MadBum is on the mound, Madbum is on the mound

Zooperstars, they quack me up!

by Goofus on Sep 4, 2008 11:39 AM PDT up 0 recs

I thought that in June of ’07 we were reviling Sabean for this pick and clamoring for Beau Mills.

by allfrank on Sep 4, 2008 1:37 PM PDT 0 recs

And we’ve all since eaten crow on that one.

Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.

by jponry on Sep 4, 2008 1:51 PM PDT up 0 recs

I don’t think I bemoaned the pick. But then again I didn’t know enough about either of them to feel like I should have an opinion.

Zooperstars, they quack me up!

by Goofus on Sep 4, 2008 3:41 PM PDT up 0 recs

Well, I at least didn't curse the pick.

I was mostly bemused by another pitcher. And then another one with the next pick.

Yes, there was some frustration there too. But I wasn’t angry.

Only 835 games until the end of Zito's contract

by thehavenot on Sep 4, 2008 9:56 PM PDT up 0 recs

Some posters were upset, but I think a fair number of people — including fearless-leader-McCoven president Grant — were open minded about Bumgarner because of the Giants’ track record with pitchers.

by Dan from NM on Sep 4, 2008 9:59 PM PDT up 0 recs

And to be fair

Maddy’s still a long way from being a big leaguer. Teenaged pitchers are dicey propositions, no matter how electric and exciting they are. The injury flameout potential is still high, (though hopefully MadBum will dodge the bullets and be up here domianting major leaguers for years to come).

And people were right about the bats, both Beau Mills and Jason Heyward are terrific prospects in their own rights. Heck the way this year’s going, Mills would probably be up by now if we had selected him (and would probably be our best power hitter).

Get the hell out the way Bengie, Pablito's hit the show!

by Roger on Sep 5, 2008 7:36 AM PDT up 0 recs

“Beau Mills and Jason Heyward are terrific prospects in their own rights.”

"I been waitin' a long time for this! I been waitin' since the f**kin' amateurs!" --WILL "THE THRILL" CLARK

by Josh from Hollywood on Sep 5, 2008 2:02 PM PDT up 0 recs

Adoptive Parent of Francisco Peguero. He can throw, he can run, he can hit(fastballs), and he's Dominican. What else do you need to know?

by haverecords on Sep 5, 2008 8:30 PM PDT up 0 recs

n00b!

My Dave Righetti is better than your Dave Righetti.

by howtheyscored on Sep 5, 2008 10:03 PM PDT up 0 recs

It’s a play on the acronym TINSTAAPP, replacing the “P” for “Pitching” with an “H” for “Hitting”.

Of course, now that I’ve explained it, it’s not funny anymore. Only Johnny Carson could get a laugh out of explaining a joke. Carson = Genius.

"I been waitin' a long time for this! I been waitin' since the f**kin' amateurs!" --WILL "THE THRILL" CLARK

by Josh from Hollywood on Sep 6, 2008 12:23 AM PDT up 0 recs

As long as we're going to be all retrospecty

the serious scouting Gak was undervaluing Michael Burgess. We were one of many many teams that did it, but he would have been a great pick where we got Fairley and an outrageous one where we got Williams. Just because he plays for the nearest minor league club I’ve seen him a handful times this year and he’s really just got tremendous skills. Not just tools — he’s already translating the tools into game skills. And not just power — his defense is exceptional and his arm is extraordinary. Kid just looks like he’s got star written all over him. Not sure what the scouts were looking at.

Get the hell out the way Bengie, Pablito's hit the show!

by Roger on Sep 5, 2008 2:24 PM PDT 0 recs