Here is the opening to my Thursday column about the Giants' win over the Padres: SAN FRANCISCO — Madison Bumgarner is an excellent pitcher but a substandard liar. No one is good at everything. First, Bumgarner the pitcher. He threw seven innings on Wednesday and beat the Padres and got [...]
The Giants announced they inked Madison Bumgarner for 5 years -- I loved using that verb inked. This shows, yet again, the Giants are committed to their best pitchers, and good for them. And Bumgarner is very good and should last a long time with that fluid delivery. Here is [...]
I'm writing this just after Madison Bumgarner's totally inept outing in the top of the first vs. the Twins, 8 runs, 8 hits in a row, good grief. So, I have a question. How do you rank Giants' starting pitchers as they are currently performing? Here's my ranking. Cain Vogelsong [...]
Bruce Bochy just held his pregame presser for today's game with the Braves, 1:05 start. I asked what's wrong with Madison Bumgarner, 7.79 ERA. Bochy said Bumgarner has trouble with one inning, usually the third, and does not know how to get out of the trouble. The point, I think, [...]
I'm sitting here at the Niner game -- Eagles up 10-7 early in the 2nd Q. Preliminary word seems to be that Madison Bumgarner will start Game 4 on Monday for the Giants. I don't know this for sure, I'm far away from Atlanta. I think Bumgarner should start Game [...]
I'm just now posting a link to my Sunday column on Madison Bumgarner. Things have been lively lately and I've fallen behind in essential duties. My apologies. My feeling is Bumgarner did bad and good in his first start of this season. He will be a serviceable fifth starter, I [...]
Lowell Cohn, retired columnist for the Santa Rosa Press Democrat, covered sports for almost 40 years and never ran out of things to say.