Madison Bumgarner is likely to go down as the best big-game pitcher of his generation, and you won't find many pitchers in the history of the game who can match what he has done with a bat in his hands.
But Bumgarner has never gotten proper credit for a part of his game that allows him to accomplish so much between the lines. There might not be a better scout among MLB players than Bumgarner.
In an era where players watch hours of video on iPads and look for the tiniest flaws in their opponents' games, Bumgarner remains old school.