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 his seventh win. These are the games the Giants must win — the games when a good pitcher starts, and that means Bumgarner or Matt Cain. Bruce Bochy admits the National League West is a world of its own, evenly-matched teams with deficiencies. It will be a close race among four or even five teams — if the Dodgers get it together — that will continue into September.

Now on to the subject of lying. In the interest of politeness, let’s call it fibbing.

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