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SAN FRANCISCO — One day this spring, Tim Hudson was asked what Madison Bumgarner would accomplish in the future. He pointed out that the sky is the limit because of Bumgarner’s commitment to baseball's details.
“His attention to detail is pretty amazing,” Hudson said. “He’s borderline OCD about things, and I’m using the word borderline very lightly.”
It was no surprise then that Bumgarner nodded and smiled Tuesday when asked about the flood of right-handers opposing managers are throwing at him. He has certainly noticed. Don Mattingly was so beholden to the strategy that he benched Adrian Gonzalez, his best hitter, and Joc Pederson, a rookie with a .