Snotrocket Fuzz Interference

 

Madison Bumgarner’s final appearance in the 2009 season came against the Padres in October. Bumgarner pitched 2 innings in relief and did well, giving up 0 runs. He had one lone snotrocket but it was a long distance from behind snotrocket and an extremely fuzzy one at that (I mentioned in another post that the video quality from these 8 year old games is not the best) so I wasn’t able to get a good screencap of it. The best I could get was a fuzzy nose wipe by Bumgarner in the 7th inning:

 

There was also a less fuzzy quiet moment of reflection from Bumgarner before his first pitch of the night:

 

Here are Madison Bumgarner’s snotrocket totals and other vital statistics for Saturday, October 3, 2009 on the road vs. the San Diego Padres:

 

• ND, 2 IP, 1 H, 2 BB (1 IBB), 0 R, 0 ER, 1 SNR (snotrockets): 0 vs. lefties, 1 vs righties, 0 other.
• Madison Bumgarner blew his lone snotrocket in the bottom of the 6th inning.
• Madison Bumgarner finished the 2009 season with 11 snotrockets.

 

I will be posting Madison Bumgarner’s season snotrocket totals for 2009 soon and then after that I’ll start tallying Bumgarner’s 2010 snotrockets. I can hardly wait. See you here or on Twitter for all the exciting seasoned snotrockets.

Snotrocket Genesis

 

In an earlier post I noted that I got started late in my Madison Bumgarner snotrocket tallying career. Bumgarner made his major league debut in September 2009 but I only started officially tallying snotrockets in 2012 (I have rough snotrocket numbers from the 2011 season). But recently I discovered that I can now watch every Bumgarner appearance in a major league game; this meant that I would be able to at some point compile complete career Bumgarner snotrocket totals which made me incredibly happy. Last night I re-watched Bumgarner’s first big league start and it was everything that I hoped it would be.

Here’s a nice shot of Bumgarner in the dugout before taking the field in his major league debut:

 

A quiet moment before throwing his first major league pitch:

 

I live-tweeted the momentous occasion and felt it only fair to give warning what was about to happen:

 

One of the greatest periods in San Francisco Giants history begins:

 

San Francisco Giants broadcaster Duane Kuiper remarks on what a huge moment this is for the Giants left hander:

 

While Kuiper’s TV partner Mike Krukow makes note of Bumgarner’s approach to the mound:

 

One of Madison Bumgarner’s teammates offers some sage advice to the rookie before his first pitch:

 

At exactly 7:14 PM history is made:

 

And five minutes later history of a slightly lesser sort is made:

 

I was so grateful for the opportunity to see all of this:

 

Bumgarner got the start that September night because the Giants regularly scheduled starting pitcher, Tim Lincecum, was experiencing back spasms. Upon learning this a fan at the ballpark made a last minute adjustment to his jersey:

 

Other Giants fans showed their support of Madison Bumgarner as well:

 

 

Of course it wasn’t all snotrockets, loogies and fan support in Bumgarner’s first MLB start:

 

When the snotrockets did happen though they were something special:

 

A first at-bat in the majors is an important moment:

 

Here are Madison Bumgarner’s snotrocket totals and other vital statistics for Tuesday, September 8, 2009 at home vs. the San Diego Padres:

 

• ND, 5.1 IP, 5 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 1 BB, 4 K, 2 HR, 7 SNR (snotrockets): 0 vs. lefties, 0 vs. righties, 7 other. 1 pre-game SNR. 2 at-bat SNR. 1 dugout SNR. 1 double SNR.
• Madison Bumgarner’s most prolific innings were the 2^nd, 3^rd and 4^th in which he blew 2 snotrockets in each inning.
• Madison Bumgarner with 7 snotrockets so far in the 2009 season.

 

The snotrocket tweets and stats were the meat and potatoes of this blog post. It’s now time for the dessert: the snotrocket screencaps. These screencaps aren’t of the highest quality because the video of MLB games from even 8 years ago is a little fuzzy and not as HD as they are now. But still we have them and that’s something to be grateful for. Here’s the aforementioned first Madison Bumgarner MLB on camera snotrocket:

 

Madison Bumgarner’s first major league loogie, in two parts:

 

Second snotrocket in his first at-bat:

 

A snotrocket on the way back to the dugout:

 

Two minutes later a snotrocket in the top of the 3rd:

 

I was happy to see that Bumgarner’s major league debut contained one of my favorites, the double snotrocket. First up is the left nostril:

 

Then the right nostril:

 

Bengie Molina was the Giants starting catcher in 2009 and he was behind the plate for Madison Bumgarner’s major league debut. Buster Posey was fresh up out of the minors and with the club during Bumgarner’s start but he spent the game in the bullpen:

 

Bumgarner left with the lead in the top of the 6th inning and received a standing ovation from the fans. He tipped his cap in appreciation:

 

Attaboy Madison Bumgarner. It was an incredible experience to watch your first major league start and to tally your first major league snotrockets. Thank you for your pitching and snotrocketing excellence.

Thanks must also go to Major League Baseball for making available this game to view eight years after it happened and to Baseball Reference, a great website that is an invaluable resource for baseball statistics. From their site I was able to get Bumgarner’s pitching stats and other important details like the start time of the game which is oh so important for calculating the exact time that each snotrocket occurred. I am grateful to both.

Madison Bumgarner’s next start in 2009 occurred on Saturday, September 19, 2009 on the road vs. the Los Angeles Dodgers. I’m not sure exactly when I will tally the snotrockets for that game but when I do I’ll be sure to post all the relevant info here. I’ll probably also live tweet the snotrockets too so you should follow me on Twitter for all the exciting delayed Bumgarner snotrocket action. You’ll be glad you did.

Quiet Snotrockets

 

The Giants offense was hushed. Madison Bumgarner’s snotrockets were muted. It was like a library out there on the playing field in San Diego tonight. We need the loud cracking of Giants bats and a deafening amount of MadBum snotrockets to feel right again.

Here are Madison Bumgarner’s snotrocket totals and other vital statistics for Saturday, April 8, 2017 on the road vs. the San Diego Padres:

• L, 8.0 IP, 6 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 2 BB, 5 K, 0 HR, 4 SNR (snotrockets): 0 vs. lefties, 2 vs. righties, 2 other. 2 double SNR.
• Madison Bumgarner had 1 snotrocket in each of the 1^st, 3^rd, 6^th and 8^th innings.
• Madison Bumgarner now with 13 snotrockets in the 2017 season.

Madison Bumgarner pitched a complete game, only gave up 2 runs and still got the loss. This makes me sad. What makes me happy? Snotrockets. Bumgarner snotrockets. Bumgarner snotrocket screencaps. Preeminent snotrocket screencapper @SanDiegoGiants provided us with great snotrocket screencappage tonight. Even though there wasn’t a large amount of SNRs tonight Bumgarner still got the game off to a good start with a fine snotrocket in the bottom of the 1st:

 

By the way, the above was a double snotrocket in fact. Skeptical? Need proof? See for yourself:

 

Shy snotrocket from the 3rd inning:

 

An excellent snarling snotrocket from the 6th inning:

 

Fresh out of the dugout snotrocket in the 8th:

 

So with tonight’s loss the Giants are 1-5 to start off the season. After the game someone asked Bumgarner about optimism:

 

Attaboy Madison Bumgarner.

Bumgarner’s next start should be Thursday, April 13, 2017 at home vs. the Colorado Rockies. See you here or on Twitter for all the exciting snotrocket action.

No No-No Snotrockets

 

Madison Bumgarner came close to pitching a no hitter Monday night, losing his no hit bid in the 7th inning. Alas, he had to settle for a win and a shutout, with help from Sergio Romo and Santiago Casilla. Don’t worry about losing your no-hitter Bumgarner, your fans are sure you’ll get that no-no someday. Instead, worry about your declining snotrocket numbers. The lack of nasal projectiles has everyone perturbed. Your fans clamor for more snotrockets, Mr. Bumgarner. Please don’t disappoint them.

Here are Madison Bumgarner’s snotrocket totals and other vital statistics for Monday, May 4, 2015 at home vs. the San Diego Padres:

 

• W, 7.1 IP, 2 H, 1 BB, 0 R, 0 ER, 6 K, 7 SNR (snotrockets): 0 vs. lefties, 2 vs. righties, 5 other. 1 double SNR. 1 on base SNR.
• Madison Bumgarner’s most prolific innings were the 4th and 7th in which he blew 2 snotrockets per inning.
• Bumgarner now with 28 snotrockets so far in the 2015 season.

 

Even though Bumgarner failed to reach double digit snotrockets for the 6th straight game everyone’s favorite snotrocket screencapper, @SanDiegoGiants, did not fail in capturing the best of Bumgarner’s nasal glory. Here’s his tweet showing the left and right shots of Bumgarner’s only double snotrocket of the game:

 

A real nose bender of a snotrocket:

 

An on-base snotrocket from the 4th inning:

 

The no-hitter was still intact when this snotrocket was blown:

 

In the 7th inning the no-hitter was gone but the snotrockets remained:

 

And one last snotrocket from the game:

 

Madison Bumgarner’s next start should be Saturday, May 9th, 2015 at home vs. the Florida I mean Miami Marlins. See you here or on Twitter for all the exciting snotrocket action.

 

 

Few And Far Between Snotrockets

 

Madison Bumgarner’s second outing of the 2015 season was short in innings and short on snotrockets. A lose-lose situation all the way around.

Here are Madison Bumgarner’s snotrocket totals and other vital statistics for Saturday, April 11, 2015 on the road vs. the San Diego Padres:

 

• L, 3.0 IP, 10 H, 5 R, 5 ER, 0 BB, 4 K, 2 SNR (snotrockets): 0 vs. lefties, 2 vs. righties, 0 other.
• Bumgarner now with 7 snotrockets so far in the 2015 season.
• This game’s total of 2 SNR (snotrockets) is the fewest amount of SNR that Bumgarner has blown since 9/13/13 (1 SNR vs. Dodgers).

 

Snotrocket screencapper @SanDiegoGiants attended the game and got some in-person snotrocket shots. Here’s one early on in the game:

 

And one impressionistic decapitated snotrocket:

 

Madison Bumgarner’s next start should be Thursday, April 16, 2015 at home vs. the Arizona Diamondbacks. See you here or on Twitter for all the exciting snotrocket action.

I’m Running Out of Snotrocket Titles

Only 5 innings for Madison Bumgarner last night. And a loss. And snotrockets. One out of three isn’t too good but I’ll take it.

Here are Madison Bumgarner’s snotrocket totals and other vital statistics for Monday, April 28, 2014 at home vs. the San Diego Padres:

• L, 5.0 IP, 7 H, 5 R, 4 ER, 4 BB, 5 K, 1 HR, 11 SNR (snotrockets): 1 vs. lefties, 5 vs. righties, 5 other. 2 pre-game SNR. 1 at-bat SNR.
• Bumgarner’s most prolific inning was the 1st in which he blew 4 snotrockets.
• Madison Bumgarner now has 66 snotrockets so far in 2014.

 

As if the game’s outcome wasn’t dismal enough there was also this:

 

No snotrocket screencaps makes everyone sad:

 

Bumgarner’s next start should be this Sunday, May 4th on the road vs. the Atlanta Braves. See you here or on Twitter for all the exciting snotrocket action.

 

 

Jersey Snotrockets

 

The article of clothing, not the state. But the way the San Francisco Giants (didn’t) score tonight against the Colorado Rockies they might as well have been in New Jersey, ’cause the offense barely showed up in Denver.

Tonight’s game saw the first Madison Bumgarner snotrocket into his jersey which was about the only memorable thing from this game, other than Bumgarner’s terrific pitching performance. Hunter Pence hit a solo home  run and that was it for the Giants’ offense. Sigh.

Here are Madison Bumgarner’s snotrocket totals and other vital statistics for Tuesday, April 22, 2014 on the road vs. the Colorado Rockies:

• L, 8.0 IP, 9 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 1 BB (IBB), 6 K, 2 HR, 12 SNR (snotrockets). 3 vs. lefties, 4 vs. righties, 5 other. 2 double SNR, 2 at-bat SNR, 1 in jersey (at-bat) SNR.
• Bumgarner’s most prolific inning was the 6th in which he blew 3 snotrockets.

Thanks and gratitude must go to @SanDiegoGiants  for providing so many great snotrocket screencaps from tonight’s game. Without them this blog would just be a few snotrocket stats and some general overall whining about the lack of Giants offense.  So enjoy the following:

 

In the 6th inning

 

Another snotrocket from the 6th

 

And the aforementioned jersey snotrocket

 

An 8th inning snotrocket

 

I thought the tweet that went along with the above photo was great

 

Bonus screencap: a Madison Bumgarner loogie

 

Did you notice in the above loogie screencap that Captain Clarence Oveur  made a special guest appearance

 

I just have one more thing to say about the lack of Giants offense in tonight’s game:

 

Madison Bumgarner’s next start should be Tuesday, April 28 at home vs. the San Diego Padres.  See you here or on Twitter for all the exciting snotrocket action.

Oh yes I almost forgot: fuck you Dinger.

San Diego Snotrockets

Game summary: Bumgarner pitches well. Giants lose. Few snotrockets.

Here are Madison Bumgarner’s snotrocket totals and other vital statistics for Tuesday, September 3, 2013 on the road vs. the San Diego Giants:

• ND, 6.0 IP, 5 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 2 BB (1 IBB), 6 K, 6 SNR (snotrockets): 0 vs. lefties, 2 vs. righties, 4 other. 1 double SNR.
• Madison Bumgarner’s most prolific innings were the 4^th and 6^th in which he blew 2 snotrockets per inning.
• Madison Bumgarner now has 42 snotrockets vs. the Padres in 2013.
• Random Bumgarner SNR (snotrocket) stat: last 5 starts: 28 SNR. First 5 starts of the season: 61 SNR.

Bumgarner’s next start should be this Sunday, September 8 at home vs. the Arizona Diamondbacks. See you here or on Twitter for all the exciting snotrocket action.

Rocky Mountain Snotrockets

 

Another San Francisco Giants loss. Another Madison Bumgarner outing with minimal snotrockets. All the baseball and twice the sad.

Here are Madison Bumgarner’s snotrocket totals and other vital statistics for Wednesday, August 28, 2013 on the road vs. the Colorado Rockies:

 

• L, 5.1 IP, 5 H, 4 R, 3 ER, 1 BB, 6 K, 6 SNR (snotrockets): 2 vs. lefties, 4 vs. righties, 0 other.
• Madison Bumgarner’s most prolific inning was the 6^th in which he blew 3 snotrockets.
• Bumgarner now has 48 snotrockets vs. the Rockies in 2013, the most against any team this season.

Bumgarner’s next start should be Tuesday, September 3, 2013 on the road vs. the San Diego Padres.  See you here or on Twitter for all the exciting snotrocket action.

Sigh.

First Half Snotrockets

 

Stop me if you’ve heard this before. Madison Bumgarner pitched another fabulous game. Well of course he did. He’s Madison Bumgarner, you know.

Bumgarner closed out the first half of the season in fine fashion, both in pitching and snotrocketing. And without further ado here are Bumgarner’s snotrocket totals and other vital statistics for Thursday, July 11, 2013 on the road vs. the San Diego Padres:

• W, 7.0 IP, 4 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 1 BB (IBB), 6 K, 10 SNR(snotrockets): 0 vs. lefties, 5 vs. righties, 5 other.
• Madison Bumgarner’s most prolific inning was the 1^st in which he blew 4 snotrockets.
• Madison Bumgarner now has 36 snotrockets vs. the Padres in 2013.
• Bumgarner 2013 1^st half snotrocket totals 216 ― Home: 82  Road: 134  Day: 95  Night:121 Lefties: 32  Righties: 92  Other: 92

In addition to his usual everyday fabulousness Bumgarner was also named to the National League team for his very first All Star Game. My fingers are crossed and I’m hoping fervently to see at least one All Star Snotrocket. You know you want to see it too.

The MLB All Star Game will be on Tuesday, July 16. See you here or on Twitter for all the exciting All Star Snotrocket action.