Yall just witnessed greatness!!!!

cazzy

I can't believe what Madbum did this game!  What a series for him...HOLY WOW!!    ^:)^ ^:)^

Royals are a hell of a club, but GO GIANTS!!!!

blind99

that's as good a game as I could wish to see.

fusionhq

I grew up a pitcher, and even played in some d1 college. I have the utmost respect for what he just accomplished. What a story/legend/feat. He is remarkable.

JohnInCarolina

Not a tough call for WS MVP, I'm guessing.

shtgunal3

Congrats to Bumgarner and the Giants

fusionhq

However, I was rooting inside for KC because billy butler and I played together as kids. ;-)

cazzy

@fence0407  Have you ever seen anything like that??  Send MadBum a text and tell him he's un-freaking-Real   :P

cazzy

fusionhq said:

However, I was rooting inside for KC because billy butler and I played together as kids. ;-)

That's pretty cool man.  That guy is a tough out.  Great plate presence.  

WeberWho

He's a workhorse. Just wish he would have made a few mistakes the Royals could have done something with. He made the Royals his beyotch

Legume

Unbelievable. These playoffs made me a Royals fan. Great club, great series.

Giants are going to have to pay Panda.

Ladeback69

Legume said:

Unbelievable. These playoffs made me a Royals fan. Great club, great series.

Giants are going to have to pay Panda.

Panda was on fire. Congrats to the Giants and Bumgarner is a Freak man.

fence0407

cazzy said:

@fence0407  Have you ever seen anything like that??  Send MadBum a text and tell him he's un-freaking-Real   :P

That was amazing. Hands down one of the greatest pitching performances in the World Series of our time.

Wow.

JohnInCarolina

LOL

http://deadspin.com/madison-bumgarners-world-series-mvp-presentation-got-su-1652626155

I don't think it was bad as the headline would have you believe, but man... I'm just glad that Chevy rep didn't have a heart attack right there on the spot. 

shtgunal3

I thought it was pretty bad. I would bet it will be his last presentation for awhile.

Eggcelsior

fence0407 said:

cazzy said:

@fence0407  Have you ever seen anything like that??  Send MadBum a text and tell him he's un-freaking-Real   :P

That was amazing. Hands down one of the greatest pitching performances in the World Series of our time.

Wow.

Outside of Don Larsen, absolutely.

JohnInCarolina

Eggcelsior said:

fence0407 said:

cazzy said:

@fence0407  Have you ever seen anything like that??  Send MadBum a text and tell him he's un-freaking-Real   :P

That was amazing. Hands down one of the greatest pitching performances in the World Series of our time.

Wow.

Outside of Don Larsen, absolutely.

"The only thing he fears is sleep!"

Griffin

I slept through greatness.

Fred19Flintstone

The Red Wings beat the Capitals last night. That was really good. I'm not sure I would call it greatness.

GATraveller

That guy is a quiet killer......reminds me of Maddux.  He hits the mound and slays everyone without shooting finger pistols towards the sky or pounding his chest.  Great end to a great series (even though I wanted the Royals to take it).

Acn

Eggcelsior said:

@fence0407  Have you ever seen anything like that??  Send MadBum a text and tell him he's un-freaking-Real   :P

That was amazing. Hands down one of the greatest pitching performances in the World Series of our time. Wow.

Outside of Don Larsen, absolutely.

You can definitely argue that Bumgarner was better than Larsen, he did have the perfect game but was pulled in the 2nd inning in his other start after walking 4 and allowing 4 unearned runs.

You'd also have to put Bob Gibson in '68 and the Schilling/Johnson duo from '01 in the conversation too.

logchief

Never been a big BB fan, but I was fired up through that game. 

Jeremiah

Weren't the giants already leading 3-2 when he took the mound? And then neither team scored after. Wish I'd have went to bed after the third.

cazzy

Jeremiah said:

Weren't the giants already leading 3-2 when he took the mound? And then neither team scored after. Wish I'd have went to bed after the third.

Yes. The scorer initially gave him the W, but promptly change get it to a a 5 inning Save after the game.

Eggcelsior

Acn said:

Eggcelsior said:

@fence0407  Have you ever seen anything like that??  Send MadBum a text and tell him he's un-freaking-Real   :P

That was amazing. Hands down one of the greatest pitching performances in the World Series of our time. Wow.

Outside of Don Larsen, absolutely.

You can definitely argue that Bumgarner was better than Larsen, he did have the perfect game but was pulled in the 2nd inning in his other start after walking 4 and allowing 4 unearned runs.

You'd also have to put Bob Gibson in '68 and the Schilling/Johnson duo from '01 in the conversation too.

Or Schilling with the Red Sox. For a singular event, what is better than a perfect game? Especially on the biggest stage in baseball. Overall, yeah. I'd give it to MadBum. I suppose I looked at it as a singular event(5 innings of shutout ball on 2 days rest). 

tarheelmatt

I remember seeing this guy as the Gatorade Baseball POY for NC. He was really good then too.  Drafted in the first round I believe out of high school.  Committed to UNC, but obliviously didn't go.

  

blind99

The names alone make it classic.  Buster Posey catching for Max Bumgarner?  Awesome.

tarheelmatt

@blind99, there are many Bum's in my area.  After media covered Madison a lot, apparently there are many in Hickory too.  

Skiddymarker

Not just greatness, it was history. Games 1 and 5 as wins with game 7 as a save - pitching history. 

lousubcap

Great game and performance by Bumgarner, and only 25 years old.  Tough for an encore. 

Now only around 105 days til Spring Training.  (For all but the Giants fans-"wait til next year!")

Legume

Yeah, for Giants fans, it's 'wait for two years'

Foghorn

Was a great game - and it was especially good to watch with some work colleagues in a "gastropub" in San Francisco. 

Needless to say, the place went nuts and while none of us had a dog in the hunt, for the night we were Giants fans.