I won't comment on Giant's fans but man...that game was epic. You Will Never See a Pitching Performance like That Again Also, this too-long interview the NYTimes did on Bumgarner's dad is awesome and full of amazing quotes. It fully captures the personality of the crazy old guys I met at baseball games in NC - and it fully captures the way my dad talks about my brother. Right down to comparing the pride he felt when my brother threw the complete game shutout in Greenboro to a not-even-comparable session he did back in high school. Dads are funny. “Here’s the secret to living in a log house: You got to love the color brown,” Kevin said. “But you can hang a picture anywhere.” LMFAO!You are not supposed to be able to throw five shutout innings on just two days of rest, in the World Series, in Game 7, after throwing over 50 postseason innings, after throwing over 200 regular season innings. Madison Bumgarner just did something truly insane. Did Bruce Bochy ever think of pulling Bumgarner? Nope. "The innings were easy," he said post-game.
"I didn't know if he had enough left tonight," Kevin said. "But I did know that boy would try to steal a steak off the devil's plate."
He grew up in a log cabin that Kevin built with his own hands.
On where Madison got his name: "“I saw a headline saying the sheriff of Madison County was in trouble,” he said. “I said, That’s it; I like that name Madison.”"
"Sometimes you're the pigeon, and sometimes you're the statue."
No you're not supposed to pitch like that! There have only been a handful of pitchers who have thrown that many innings recently. Most have had injury problems in the next season. The notable exception is verlander, who threw 250+ two years in a row. He has never been able to gain his velocity since then. Who knows if there's a causation there, but if it looks like a duck and quacks like a duck...