John Shea is The San Francisco Chronicle’s national baseball writer.SAN FRANCISCO - With four games left in the regular season, a Giants team that set a San Francisco-era record for single-season wins with its 104th victory on Wednesday now has a magic number of three to clinch the National League West. I’m glad to see them have success, and I wish them all the best of luck.”
“I still keep track and watch the games, obviously,” Bumgarner said. The Giants made an offer but did not come close. Bumgarner, whose postseason accomplishments are legendary, left the Giants after the 2019 season, signing a five-year, $85 million contract with Arizona. Posey, Crawford and Brandon Belt, who’s shelved with a fractured left thumb, are the lone holdovers from the championship era. No way around that, and he’s always been good and is having a great year this year." "I wasn’t surprised he did,” Bumgarner said. Posey hit a sacrifice fly in the third, and another old friend, Brandon Crawford, homered in the fourth when swinging on a 3-0 pitch.
This time, he gave up four runs on eight hits in five innings. Fans delivered a long and loud cheer, and Bumgarner stepped out of the box and tipped his helmet in appreciation.īumgarner made a start at Oracle last season, but no fans were in attendance because of the pandemic.
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YIY4SQ62pE- John Shea October 1, 2021Īs a courtesy, Posey stepped in front of the plate to give fans the opportunity to stand and cheer for the man who helped deliver three World Series championships and was named MVP of the 2014 World Series. Madison Bumgarner gets standing ovation when introduced in first inning and tips his helmet to Giants fans. You really just kind of leave it at that.” When he’s on the mound, he’s going to compete. “Ultimately, the way we both view it is, when I’m in the box, I’m going to compete. “There was a lot of great memories we had together, working together,” he said. “It’s not like we need to catch up in that moment.” “We didn’t say a whole lot, either one of us,” Bumgarner said. As he walked into the box, Bumgarner patted catcher Buster Posey, his old friend, on the right shoulder, and Posey responded by patting Bumgarner on the leg with his mitt. The Diamondbacks sent nine men to the plate in the opening inning, and Bumgarner was the final batter. “Something about that uniform, I don’t know." I know how dangerous the Giants are just in general. “I know people counted them out all year, and a lot of people can’t understand it or make sense out of it, but I’ve been on that same side when people were saying the same thing. It’s pretty incredible to see,” Bumgarner said of the Giants’ 105 wins. The Giants would celebrate a division championship Friday night if they win and the Dodgers lose. In Los Angeles, the Dodgers beat the Padres 8-3 to remain two games back of the Giants, whose magic number dropped to two with three games to go. I don’t take that for granted by no means.” “This place obviously means a lot to me and my family. “Really cool,” Bumgarner said of the ovation after the Giants beat the Diamondbacks 5-4 on LaMonte Wade Jr.’s walkoff single.
Which is probably fitting considering the way Bumgarner swung a mighty bat during his years in San Francisco.
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