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Add Bumgarner’s injury to list of baseball’s painful spring training injuries

What’s so magical and romantic about spring training baseball again?

The fractured left hand Madison Bumgarner suffered Friday was a painful reminder to many players of just how cruel the rites of spring can be.

You only have to take a quick glance around the Giants clubhouse to find a few sympathetic souls who know how Bumgarner must be feeling.

  • Like starter Jeff Samardzija, who just Thursday found out he’ll be sidelined at least a month with a strained pectoral muscle.
  • Like reliever Will Smith, who discovered last spring training he needed season-ending Tommy John surgery.