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Madison Bumgarner Reveals He Uses 'Mason Saunders' Alias for Rodeo Competitions

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The Legend of MadBum just grew.

Arizona Diamondbacks starting pitcher Madison Bumgarner was presented a photo by The Athletic's Andrew Baggarly and Zach Buchanan that was posted by Rancho Rio Arena showing a young man identified as Jaxson Tucker standing alongside a grown man identified as Mason Saunders.

"Oh boy," Bumgarner responded, confirming that he is Saunders. "This is ruining my alias."

Under his alias, he won $26,500 in a team-roping rodeo competition.

Baggarly and Buchanan added that Bumgarner confirmed the photo was taken on Dec.