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General Manager Mike Hazen said Monday the Arizona Diamondbacks were not aware that pitcher Madison Bumgarner had been participating in rodeo events for years under a secret identity.
Bumgarner apparently has been competing for years in team-roping events under the alias “Mason Saunders,” a revelation first reported Sunday by The Athletic. His alias was blown after he was recognized from pictures posted on Facebook from a Dec. 3 event at Rancho Rio Arena in Wickenburg.
Bumgarner talked to The Athletic on Sunday but said through a team spokesman on Monday he would not provide further comment.