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    Arizona Diamondbacks release former World Series MVP from Caldwell County(South Caldwell HS), Madison Bumgarner

    Arizona Diamondbacks release former World Series MVP from MLB Trade Rumors, with Darragh McDonald, and from YardBarker.com/www.yardbarker.com The Diamondbacks announced that left-hander Madison Bumgarner has been released. The southpaw was designated for assignment last week. The move doesn’t come as a shock given the combination of his contract and his poor results of late. He and the D-backs agreed to a five-year, $85M deal going into 2020 after the lefty spent a decade as an incredibly effective pitcher for the Giants. Unfortunately, he seemed like a completely different pitcher once he switched jerseys, starting with a 6.48 ERA in the…

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    No No-Hitter for Madison Bumgarner per MLB rules

    Madison Bumgarner’s unique no-hitter will not be recognized by MLB from Larry Brown Sports and Grey Papke, and from YardBarker.com/www.yardbarker.com By the technical definition of the term, Madison Bumgarner threw a no-hitter for the Arizona Diamondbacks on Sunday. It will not go down that way in the MLB record books, though. The Diamondbacks and Atlanta Braves played a doubleheader on Sunday, and under the league’s current rules, it meant both games would be seven innings long. Bumgarner started the second game and threw a seven-inning complete game, allowing no hits or walks and striking out seven. He actually faced the…