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Why it 'was tough' for Madison Bumgarner to leave Giants' fan base

This will not come as a shock, but the man who uses "Fire on the Mountain" as his walk-up song, fires snot rockets between pitches, and spends his free time hunting and riding horses, can be hard to reach in the offseason.

It's one of the many things Madison Bumgarner's teammates joked about when he was a Giant. He was often impossible to get on the phone between the time that final pitch was thrown and the day pitchers and catchers reported to Scottsdale Stadium. The cell service in the hills of North Carolina isn't all that helpful, but Bumgarner is a man of few words, anyway.