Oct. 9 Madison Bumgarner workout day interview

Q. Where does your mentality come from, your calm that you seemingly have, that you seem unaffected by anything out on the mound and afterwards for that matter? MADISON BUMGARNER: Just preparation and work ethic I think is the best answer I could give you. I work on being that way. And it don't always happen. You're going to mess up from time to time, but that's just the mindset that I try to have going into the game. Q. How much attention do you put on other pitchers hitting ability? Do you discern much between them, or are they all just pitchers to you when they come to hit? MADISON BUMGARNER: Oh, no, no, that's the last thing any pitcher wants to do is give up a hit to another pitcher. So you want to -- some guys you can afford to kind of go after a little more, and some guys you got to pitch them like a hitter, and some guys you might pitch tougher than a hitter because you really don't want to take a chance on giving up a hit to them and getting something started, so you might pitch them a little tougher even. Q. Do you remember them specifically when you pitch against them? MADISON BUMGARNER: No, I know they can swing the bat a little bit. You're going to have to make...