SACRAMENTO – Giants manager Bruce Bochy isn’t having second thoughts about squeezing an extra start out of Madison Bumgarner prior to the All-Star break.
But Bochy wasn’t happy that the league and NL manager Terry Collins already named Mets right-hander Bartolo Colon as a replacement for Bumgarner on the NL All-Star roster.
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“They aren’t supposed to do that until he throws a pitch (on Sunday),” Bochy said. “Something like this can come back to bite them.”
Even though Bumgarner wouldn’t be eligible to compete in the All-Star Game, he’ll be in San Diego for all the festivities – and then he’d take the ball for the Giants at Petco Park on Friday to start the unofficial second half.