NEW YORK -- Madison Bumgarner walked out to the Yankee Stadium mound early Friday afternoon and took a look around. He swung his big left arm back once and mimicked throwing a pitch to the plate. Bumgarner wanted to get a feel for an unfamiliar park. He wanted to visualize his first pitch.
This wasn't what Bumgarner had in mind as he stood under the hot sun. And this certainly isn't the trip the Giants pictured.
A dream swing through San Diego and two marquee parks has turned into a bid to simply survive. The Giants lost 3-2 at Yankee Stadium, and their star catcher went down to a right foot contusion.