Diamondbacks starter Madison Bumgarner has been competing in rodeos under a fake name as recently as December.
One of the most famous pitchers in baseball has been competing in team-roping events under an alias for some time. Was he the Mason Saunders who competed alongside Colorado-based roper Tammy Ellerman in March of last year, two days before Bumgarner pitched for the Giants in a Cactus League game against the Athletics? “That was me, too,” Bumgarner said. Has “Saunders” won other events? “Yeah,” he said. “Maybe.”
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Bumgarner has been roping so long that “it’s just part of who you are,” he said Sunday.