Bruce Bochy reveals Madison Bumgarner went bear hunting, 'mano a mano'

NBC Sports Bay Area via Yahoo ^ | February 25th, 2020 | Dalton Johnson

[Mariner]

Not many people know Madison Bumgarner as well as his former manager Bruce Bochy.

Bumgarner was only 19 years old when he made his major league debut for Bochy and the Giants in 2009. He spent 11 years taking the mound with Bochy manning the dugout in San Francisco. The two formed a close bond over more than a decade together, while winning three World Series championships.

But even Bochy seemed surprised by Bumgarner's rodeo alias "Mason Saunders" that he used over recent years in team-roping competitions. The Athletic reported Sunday that Bumgarner has participated in competitions under an alias, which had former teammates laughing a day later as they prepared to face Bumgarner's Arizona Diamondbacks.

"This is the first I'm hearing of Mr. Saunders," Bochy said to reporters.

While Bochy seemed coy on his knowledge of Mr. Saunders, he did hint at some other activities Bumgarner has found himself in outside of a baseball field.

"I mean there's some stories I do know that he probably wouldn't want me to share, with him bear hunting, and the tight situations he's gotten himself into," Bochy said Monday on KNBR's "Murph & Mac Show."

[dormouse]

Don Larson?

[beethovenfan]

Gracias

[lurk]

Mr Bumgarner gets paid well because only a few guys in the world can throw the ball well enough to get professional batters out.

If you could do it, you’d be wealthy too.