SAN FRANCISCO -- Madison Bumgarner insisted that he's physically sound after throwing 3,571 pitches this year, most among National League starters. "I feel as good as I did in April," he said after the Giants clinched the National League's second Wild Card berth on Sunday.
However, what the Giants really want is for Bumgarner to feel as good as he does in October.
It's East vs. West under the lights of New York in October. It's two of the best pitchers in baseball. It's the defending National League champion against the team that has won the World Series in the last three even-numbered years and is back to try for a fourth.