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Barry Bonds of the San Francisco Giants bats during 4-1 victory over the San Diego Padres at Petco Park in San Diego, Calif. on Thursday, Sept. 30, 2004. (Photo by Kirby Lee/Getty Images)
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Barry Bonds of the San Francisco Giants bats during 4-1 victory over the San Diego Padres at Petco Park in San Diego, Calif. on Thursday, Sept. 30, 2004. (Photo by Kirby Lee/Getty Images)
Barry Bonds had a legendary baseball career. Bonds was known for his aggressiveness and brilliant power-hitting. He played for almost two decades, plying his trade for the Pittsburgh Pirates and the San Francisco Giants. Bonds achieved multiple accolades and retired in 2007. He then tried his hands on coaching as a hitting coach of the Miami Marlins in the 2015-16 season.
After retirement, Bonds has never shied away from sharing his opinions. But few insights are only known to his teammates or colleagues. One such name is Christian Yelich, who played under him in Miami. In the latest conversation, he shared something interesting related to Bonds. What exactly is it? Let us find out!
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Yelich gives an insight into what Barry Bonds thought about the shifts!
Christian Yelich was part of the 2015-16 Miami Marlins squad with Bonds as their hitting coach. Like another disciple, Yelich had multiple conversations with his coach. In the video shared by Brwalkoff, Yelich shared Bonds’ thoughts on shift! The caption read, “You can’t catch it if it’s in the water.”
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In the video, Yelich said,” I was like, Barry, what do you think about the shift? Because that’s kind of when the shift was just starting out again. He used to get shifted all the time. We weren’t really getting shifted a whole lot back then. I was. Like, what do you think about the shift? He was like, man the. The only thing the Shift did was it stopped me from hitting 400. Oh, you can’t catch it if it’s in the water. I was like. aww”
Certainly, only Barry can say such things due to his hard-hitting skills. His career records speak volumes about his approach during the games. The player ended his career with 1996 RBIs with an average of 0.298. Bonds have 762 home runs to his credit at an OPS of 1.051.
How has Christian Yelich fared this season?
The 31-year-old is not at his best lately. Though in the last game, he performed better and would like to continue doing the same, taking inspiration from Bonds in the upcoming games. How things will pen for the left folder in the future? Only time will tell!
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