Madison Bumgarner: A Legend in the Making

February 23, 2015

Mad Bum, as he is called by his fellow San Francisco Giants, is one of those athletes you can't help but like. He is a nice young man, humble, and always putting his teammates first. He has a little wild side to him, like the photograph of him holding up six open beer bottles above his mouth after winning the rounds of baseball playoffs. Okay, maybe he isn't a saint, but he sure saved the San Francisco Giants in the World Series.

Mad Bum is a fierce and relentless competitor with a calm demeanor except when Yusiel Puig tries to showboat him. Some say he possesses ice water running through his veins as he looks stoic on the baseball mound. He is not the type to implode with his emotions when things don't go his way as it appears. He bears down and refocuses to deliver his best effort.

At the age of twenty-six, Bumgarner owns two World Series rings and the Series MVP to put under his belt. Pitchers like him do not come around often; a tall left-hander with an easy motion that looks deceiving to most batters. His pitches are hard to read  because of the angle the ball comes out from his wind up along with velocity. Games when he masters his release point and pitch location, he is unhittable. Bumgarner also takes pride in his hitting, he knocked out four home runs last year, and two were grand slams.

When baseball experts look at the San Francisco Giants for 2015, they think they will not repeat their exploits. Each time the Giants have won the Series, they have been picked as underdogs. Bumgarner is the pitching ace of the staff and loves nothing more than to be chosen as an underdog, again. Please, Major League Baseball, don't unleash the Mad Bum for your own good, except if you are a Giants fan.