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Message: [QUOTE="husky8273, post: 4706057, member: 639"] impressive -from Wiki: Bumgarner attended [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_Caldwell_High_School']South Caldwell High School[/URL] in [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hudson,_North_Carolina']Hudson, North Carolina[/URL], where he was known as "Maddie" and played on both the school's baseball team and the Post 29's [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Legion_Baseball']American Legion Baseball[/URL] team.[URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Madison_Bumgarner#cite_note-MLB-6'][6][/URL] In his junior season, he had a 12–2 [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Win%E2%80%93loss_record_(pitching)']win–loss record[/URL], an 0.99 [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Earned_run_average']earned run average[/URL] (ERA), and 120 [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Strikeout']strikeouts[/URL] in 84 [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Innings_pitched']innings pitched[/URL] as he led his team to a runner-up in the 2006 [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North_Carolina_High_School_Athletic_Association#4A']4A State Championship[/URL]. The next season, he went 11–2 with a 1.05 ERA and 143 strikeouts in 86 innings while his team won the state championship.[URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Madison_Bumgarner#cite_note-draft-7'][7][/URL] He [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Batting_average_(baseball)']hit[/URL] .424 with 11 [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Home_run']home runs[/URL] and 38 [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Runs_batted_in']runs batted in[/URL] (RBIs).[URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Madison_Bumgarner#cite_note-MLB-6'][6][/URL] He was named [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Most_valuable_player']most valuable player[/URL] (MVP) of the playoffs and the [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gatorade']Gatorade[/URL] North Carolina Player of the Year, garnering the nickname "The Carolina Peach." Bumgarner attracted so much attention from scouts and agents in high school that his father built a wall around the bullpen at his high school field to keep them from distracting him as he warmed up.[URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Madison_Bumgarner#cite_note-early_life-4'][4][/URL] He committed to attend the [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/University_of_North_Carolina_at_Chapel_Hill']University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill[/URL] on a [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/College_baseball']college baseball[/URL] scholarship.[URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Madison_Bumgarner#cite_note-draft-7'][7][/URL] [/QUOTE]

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