The exclusive text messages that Madison Bumgarner's awesome father MAY have sent

Text messages that Bumgarner's Dad MAY have sent

By Michael Clair

October 30, 2014

Michael Powell of the New York Times recently traveled to the small Appalachian town where generations of the Bumgarner family were born and raised to speak with Madison's father, Kevin. This was how Powell was greeted after the Giants won Game 7:

Just before midnight Wednesday, I walked up a darkened driveway to a brick home along a rural lane. A linebacker-size man with a shaved pate swung opened the door, peered at me and loosed a soft, celebratory howl.

"Wooooooooooo."

Along the way, the elder Bumgarner revealed an abundance of homespun wisdom with phrases like "Sometimes you're the pigeon, and sometimes you're the statue" and also admitted to asking his son about his 0-for-4 after he had pitched a shutout in Game 5.

But the most poignant moment was Bumgarner's text to his son in the eighth inning of Wednesday's Game 7:

"OMG. You're so much more than awesome," Kevin had written to his son. "To see you work on the mound reminds me of watching you in high school. You are willing yourself to perfection and dragging the team along with you. I couldn't be more proud of your baseball accomplishments."

Fortunately, thanks to our good psychic friend who was willing to charge us only $100 for 15 minutes of her time, we were able to gain access to all of the texts between the two that night.

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