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Here’s Johnny: Cueto talks life on and off the field

He owns a ranch, but he’s quick to point out he’s not a cowboy.

“Not like Bumgarner,” he says.

He’ll post shirtless edits on Instagram, but when his baseball career is over, he fancies himself a serious businessman.

Johnny Cueto doesn’t come across as a baseball diehard, and he’ll even admit his mother forced him to play the game as a child.

Yet a competitive drive has carried Cueto, 32, through a 10-year major league career, fueled by a desire to prove doubters wrong. (We’ll allow him to elaborate on that in his own colorful Johnny Cueto way below.