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What a fine, fine, fine vic tonight -- courtesy of a stellar outing from Madison Bumgarner, who cranked out his first MLB homer. The broadcasting team has always raved about the kind of batting practice show that Madbum puts on. Tonight's blast went 397 feet.

And finally, finally -- Brandon Belt blasted his first 2012 homer and off a lefty, too.  Here's some verbiage from Steve Korner's recap for the SF Chronicle -- 

Bumgarner became the first Giants pitcher to homer in a game in which he recorded at least 10 strikeouts since Mike Krukow (also 12 Ks) did so in a 4-2 win over Houston on Aug. 13, 1985.
The 16-game home-HR drought was the longest in the majors since the 1990 Astros went 16 games without going deep in the Astrodome.
Even without balls sailing over fences, the Giants went 10-6 in those 16 games.

The broadcasting noted during the aftergame show that Bumgarner is only a year old at 22 than the Giants No. 1 draft pick. Yet he's now become an elite pitcher.

The No. 1 pick, Chris Stratton, signed today for $1.85 million.  

Belt is 24 with a tremendous upside. Perhaps the best thing about Aubrey Huff's and Brett Pill's problems is that they've forced the Giants to play Belt all the time.

Julian at Giants Nirvana has a fine post on MadBum