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There's a reason his nickname is "the Future."
There's a reason the Giants dropped their highest-paid player, $16 million southpaw Barry Zito, off their postseason roster to make room for a rookie.
And there's just cause why at 21 years and 91 days, Madison Bumgarner, a big southpaw from North Carolina who's now the toast of San Francisco, joined the list of youngest pitchers to start a World Series game after Bullet Joe Bush, Jim Palmer, Fernando Valenzuela and Johnny Podres. Palmer did better. But not much.
After watching Bumgarner pitch eight overpowering, scoreless innings of three-hit...
The 2010 San Francisco Giants were predicted by some oddsmakers to finish fourth in the NL West with 82 wins or less. Chalk it up as just another classic example of why they play the game(s). As the story goes, thanks to the best... more »
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