Christian Yelich says Barry Bonds taught him a drill that changed his career

[@JomboyMedia]

Yelich shared all kinds of secrets on this episode of Sequence: kzbin.info/www/bejne/eZ3IcqatqZKbpMk

[@mafew_te3748]

can u give me a shoutout. PLEASE. i sub to u and like all of ur videos

[@human_cube]

Can you please do a review of the liverpool v Barcelona .. 4 - 0 liverpool comeback. Also Milwaukee boy missin our dude this year during this

[@makpunchout3315]

Hank Aaron #1 Natural Home Run Hitter💯💥⚾Cheaters WILL NEVER BE in THE HALL.

[@TheBrainSpecialist]

Hiring Barry Bonds as a hitting coach was probably the best thing the Marlins have done in the last 10 years. Modeling your swing after a guy who raked (even before he ate a balanced breakfast) is a solid idea. When I was a kid I based my swing off of a mix of Ken Griffey Jr. and Sadaharu Oh, and I learned a shit ton just watching film of them. I can only imagine what it would be like to have them actually coach me.

[@JTurn916]

Trevor Ward Since when?

[@zucinnied]

Sb nation reference?

[@dwzcollege]

@@JTurn916 He's been a "special advisor'" to the CEO of the Giants since 2017. As always who the heck knows what "special advisor" means (it probably varies greatly in every situations). He's occasionally at Giants games and tends to be at most ceremonial stuff just like Mays.

[@chaosawaits]

@Trevor Ward not as hitting coach. Barry Bonds doesn't have the patience to deal with hitters on a daily basis. He gets too frustrated that they don't see what he sees.

[@chaosawaits]

@ what is?

[@zeppelin01024]

I’m not sure why Barry Bonds was fired from the Marlins. He seemed to do a really good job and the players really liked him.

[@cazzhmir]

God forbid the Marlins do anything right

[@zeppelin01024]

Chase Anderson oh yeah ...

[@makpunchout3315]

bonds* Cheated so even the Marlins couldn't. Look past that💯

[@franksilva4921]

@@makpunchout3315 you sound like a perfect Marlin employee

[@fryncyaryorvjink2140]

So he's available? Let me call my front office...

[@RobertHurleyJr]

Cant wait to apply this principle to my next backyard game of whiffleball.

[@Calvin_Calvin]

I noticed playing whiffle ball all you need is backspin to hit it far

[@melodypitsker184]

Calvin Balanda not for me, I just normal swing and hit the ball hella far

[@PringlesCan-y7m]

gonna leave some nasty welts on them boyz.

[@DakodaOK]

I appreciate Yelich being simple and creative with his language - too many players try to pose professionally and refrain from any kind of personality in the process.

[@darkarima]

That's one of the reasons he got me back into rooting for the Brewers, after decades away from watching baseball. Anyone can fake being a nice guy, but Yeli's too candid for his sincerity to be fake. (Remember him calling out Machado as a dirty player, and calling out the pitcher who tried to insinuate the Brewers were stealing signs?) He's a good kid.

[@southali]

@@darkarima Before I go Google it, why did he call Machado dirty?

[@bigfrogfella]

ali bakr probably because of what he did to Jesus Agular

[@milwaukeejt]

@@bigfrogfella It ab-so-lutely was. Game 4, 2018 NLCS.

[@BearHawkful]

The guy is from socal, talking like a real cali boy lol

[@NotThatTerrible]

Any one else think that Yelich looks like Sheen from Jimmy Neutron?

[@philipwebb960]

"Look, TV!"

[@MrMountainDew]

Yeah if Yeli didn’t have a chin lol

[@droski9615]

😂😂

[@patrickmiller1674]

Holy fuck you're right

[@dm3402]

LMAOOOOO looks like Sheen gave up the action figures and gave a few at bats in the Majors

[@kaii231]

It's sad that Bonds is ostracized from mlb. He may have used steroids, but so did probably half the league at the time. He's one of the greatest baseball minds of all time and should be a part of mlb.

[@GSP-76]

@@qwaszx2 what? He used PEDS...how is that not violating the rules?

[@rustyharvey2490]

This is ONLY an opinion but I think the hardest part of batting (at that level) is making contact the PED's only maybe added a few extra feet to balls that would've been homers anyway

[@arktkt06]

kaii231 he was a major prick. To teammates, team staff, media and fans. Not surprising at all that nobody is going to bring him in

[@sammyhoops5902]

Gurvinder Parmar never failed a test

[@saltyp123]

half???? I remember being young and naive ;) It's likely upwards of-- 80% and in some sports 100%

[@Bodhi594]

People forget Bonds was mashing in Pittsburgh when he was 185 lbs.

[@billyfraiser6298]

People don't forget that. The people who don't talk about those days are too young to have known in the first place. Also, nobody has ever said Bonds is a bad player. One problem is that you take a guy who would normally (natural talent and hard work) hit 40HR (Bonds) in a season, add steroids and now you have 70+HRs in a season. There were plenty of players who took steroids and only hit 10-15HRs in a season. The MAIN problem is that people don't realize that steroids make a crappy players, decent.... a decent player, good......a good player, an all-star..... an all-star an MVP.....an MVP, a HOF....... a HOF, legendary. Bonds probably fell somewhere in the MVP category, MAYBE HOF (without steroids). He may have been in the HOF without steroids, due to his combination of decent power and great speed.

[@6412mars]

Best year 34 HRs with pitt..Steroid poppin a-hole ..A cheat

[@Bodhi594]

@@6412mars He hit over 300 if I remember correctly. I hated Bonds with a passion. I'm a A's fan but the dude was one of the greatest hitters ever pre and post Steroids/HGH.

[@maplelaugh420]

Right, he was easily a HOFer without the steroids. It's sad to think about

[@Bodhi594]

@@6412mars His HR numbers were solid in the early mid 90's. The massive weight gain came around 97/98 I want to say. One offseason dude gained like 40 lbs. Lol.

[@Grant-vk6zo]

When Bonds gives hitting advice you damn well better listen. Mexican supplements or not the guy could crush it off anyone.

[@ChrisS310]

Because of "Mexican supplements"

[@TheWhipsnap]

Neno Branco steroids don’t hit it for you...I’m not condoning it, they may make it go farther, but I still respect the steroid era because most of the other players were juicing too. Only ones I can (almost) comfortably say weren’t are Griffey, Chipper, and Jeter. And we still don’t know 100% sure on those guys. Bonds was already a hof player before the juicing. He gets a bad wrap. But I get why with the whole even clean competition efforts.

[@ryanh1013]

Him and Griffey are the two greatest players of their era. Griffey the greatest clean player, Bonds the greatest “dirty” player. A lot of players were middling players that turned into stars or stars that turned into superstars when they took steroids. Bonds was a different breed. He was already at that level that all of the steroid users wanted to achieve before he took them, after he took them he was essentially just a superstar turning into an even better superstar.

[@Gongshow96]

Anybody who says Steroids made him as good as he is, are just idiots. Many players took steroids and NOBODY was in the same league as Bonds. He's arguably the greatest player of all time, he just happened to take steroids. Steroids don't make you hit over .300 for your career

[@aro327]

I know. He taught a small guy how to crush homeruns.

[@pedroalmeida7492]

The swing comparation at the end really ties the whole convo together, well done!

[@39offsuit]

I grew up in SF. My dad took me to several games very year. We used to sit in the bleachers for a $1 ticket at candlestick, mondays were half off so 50 cent tickets for kids bleachers! Anyways.... Barry is the greatest, EVER. I am so blessed to have seen him play probably 100 times in my life. Every at bat was a thrill. They didn’t pitch to this man in his prime, it was. “Hack a ShaQ “ type strategy, because he was Shaq like dominating. He is right up there with the all time greats of any sport.

[@impassable]

The only player who was so good they wouldn't let him play

The Bonds Squad

[@jaredrogers7863]

amen brother, 1 dollar bleacher bums for life. WHATS THE MATTER WITH BASEBALL, ROB MANFRED

[@cesarantonioterrerosanchez9627]

Finally....Some players now share why Bonds was able to hit many home runs!!! Bonds is a genius and he was always trying to improve his swing and watching videos of the pitchers he was going to face... During 2001 regular season ESPN Magazine made an interview to Bonds and they ask him what kind of swing you ll choose? Contact swing or power swing? Bonds answers: " Contact swing". You dont give credit to Bonds great achievements because you doesnt want to know how Bonds worked more, practiced more and spent more time watching his matchups against every pitcher. Now Yelich finally explain why it's so easy for him to hit more than 35 homers every season..

[@makpunchout3315]

Why is bonds* not in Baseball Hall of Fame?🤔

[@franksilva4921]

Greatest hitter of all time

[@Rich-rd5te]

Frank Silva na he’s the third best. Behind Ruth and Ted Williams

[@yourfellahippo768]

MAK1 Steroids

[@dougg2012]

Steroids help, too

[@itsagavin2798]

"he got me in there and spread me out wide"

[@karlsandin4515]

Gavinthe Boss big Barry

[@ourvaluesarewhoweareinadem4093]

Bonds teaching dudes to pound balls off.

[@SuggonDeezNutzzz]

Barry Bondage

[@justinssongsarehis2]

"Then he shoved a needle into my right ass cheek. Was super weird but I noticed from that day on I hit tons of homers"

[@demetriusmiddleton1246]

🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@renegregoriox]

Yelich looks like a young, healty and drug free Steve O

[@drewtower3402]

Nah Pete Davidson

[@winstonsmith11]

@@drewtower3402 You're closer.

[@keethpoop9797]

bruh yeet i was about to say the same thing

[@bangerrr569]

He looks like if Pete Davidson sheen from jimmy neutron and Steve o had a kid

[@krustykrab34]

Damn that's so cool. By far the most interesting approach I've ever heard to creating a good bat path. Different things work for different people and stoked for Christian that he found what works for him

[@KennethJLave]

Bonds also hit in the same style as Tony Gwynn.. Practicing OFF OF A TEE to hit the ball in the direction of which it was pitched across the plate to you - inside (pull), middle, or outside (opposite field).

[@LamGoHam]

Like if Bonds deserves to be in the Hall. He's without a doubt one of the best hitters of all time. I don't care if he did roids. It didn't play a huge role in his greatness. Barry was the most skilled, smartest hitter in his prime. Everyone was doing roids at that time, but no one hit like Barry. Steroids can't help skill and technique. The only people keeping him out the hall is people that never played the game.

[@MidwayGuy]

Roids probably did play a role in bis greatness though. He hit 73 homers at age 36. Do you know how hard it is to do anything athletic at age 36, on organic kale and box jumps? Then multiply by 153 games. You can say "yeah but he was great before that," and he was. But he wasn't the God he turned into IN HIS LATE 30s

[@buildingbuildercip8292]

He was better than everyone in the league before the steroids. He really was the goat

[@daniel-ym9un]

@Dubious57 he was part of the 200/200 club before roids.

[@TheOmildlyOinformed]

I would rather see pete rose in first...

[@impassable]

The Hall is a joke without Barry

[@conpop6924]

Aye yeli got the mustache going lmao

[@MrThedoodleman]

Scumstache

[@kjoyce27]

Jeff Pentland, Barry's hitting coach at Arizona State, taught that same drill to me years ago when I began coaching with the Marlins. He also added point of contact, based on pitch location, to the equation.

[@codythompson759]

I don't care what anybody says 60 or 70% of guys were taking steroids at the same time and they couldn't do what Barry Bonds did. Such a beautiful swing man.

[@huna2479]

Look at Barry man, so inspirational

[@jamaalhorton2343]

At least 90

[@Ares14]

100% of the guys couldnt do what Barry did. His OBP and average numbers during those years were insane and will never be repeated, not for 1000 years.

[@3aceinyaface]

“He got me in there and he spread me out really wide”...😳😳😳

[@TheHuskyK9]

Context is really important lol

[@dymond66]

That’s what she said

[@williamwolfe8708]

That was the best baseball interview I have ever seen. Yelich is a natural in all categories -- hearing how he was taught by Bonds was enlightening! Showing the side-by-side of them both hitting was sweet. Thanks to Trevor for letting Yelich talk without interruption. Yelich is like DiMaggio, with a much nicer peronality.

[@billkarim9715]

For some reason this story reminds me of Creed teaching Michael to "mop" in "Agent Michael Scarn: Threat Level Midnight"

[@joshsmith6923]

Cherokee Jack 😂

[@storiedworlds6261]

And that always reminded me of the Karate Kid: “sand the deck”.

[@fryncyaryorvjink2140]

Thats how you do the Scarn

[@CarbonComs]

@@storiedworlds6261 That's the whole point. That Michael Scott is just taking it straight from Karate Kid.

[@storiedworlds6261]

@CarbonComs yeah, I don’t think the OP got it though.

[@iwrestle123]

So cool to see the channel grow to you interviewing big leaguers from when you first started doing break downs.

[@cs1458]

Have they named a street in Milwaukee after Jeter yet?

[@DontScreenPeek]

God bless him

[@afunnycomment8102]

AHADHKWIWEU THIS IS SENDING MEEE

[@BigB0ss00]

Yeah, Herpes Blvd

[@gussi123]

😂😂😂

[@joaoosahko]

the resemblance of their swings in the thumbnail... bruhhhh

[@nandy9285]

The video showed it synced up which was nuts

[@SupplementalSense]

Bonds was my favorite player growing up. Yelich is my favorite current player. Very cool!

[@mileskilometers9888]

There’s still a false narrative that bonds was nothing before roids with people who never watched him. Man really raked before roids, he just got greedy and wanted more attention and accolades by the turn of the century. He was an incredibly talented player who was boosted to being unrealistically dominant in the batters box after he started eating his wheaties

[@thegreatgonzo6073]

He was being surpassed by less talented hitters and he knew why. I think it had more to do with proving the point that he was the greatest, not greed.

[@demetriusmiddleton1246]

I have literally NEVER heard this false narrative you speak of. EVERYONE always acknowledges that he was VERY good even without roids.

[@mileskilometers9888]

Demetrius Middleton I’m talking bout with gen z kids on the internet who never watched him play, everyone who watched him play knows how talented he was

[@gnielsen07]

Demetrius Middleton you’d be surprised, just in this comments section there’s a ton of idiots that say steroids are the only reason for his success

[@noahmcdaniel4920]

3 MVPS from 1990-1993 while he weighed about 180 lbs. I may be mistaken but I believe no one else in history has more than 3 MVP’s. Guy led the mlb in homeruns and WAR from 1990-1997, and the earliest he could have started taking roids was 96 or 97 even though he was still pretty skinny those years.

[@central8448]

Great insight and story. This is what social media should be all about.

[@eddiesanchez551]

Bonds was HOF pre steroids. So even tho I consider him a cheater, I do acknowledge that he knows how to hit

[@nandy9285]

Same.

[@ryanshaw196]

I mean steroids aren't going to teach you how to hit the ball.

[@nandy9285]

@@ryanshaw196 No, but it helps you hit it further.

[@ra8682ra]

@@nandy9285 cheating helped/make players like Sosa/McGwire. Barry is in Willie Mays class.

You're not cheating if it isn't against the rules

[@TheBatugan77]

Notice how Yelich tips his cap to Barry...and how Statcast Stanton couldn't get along with him. Who's been better ever since?

[@virajs.8864]

Stanton has been hurt.

[@mattr27]

@@virajs.8864 even if Stanton were healthy there's no question Yelich has been better since they both left Miami

[@jamaalhorton2343]

The whole truth! Barry did beat Stanton in a Home run Contest at 51

[@NYG1991]

I’m a diehard Yankee fan & even I’ll say Yelich has been the better of the two. Stanton never plays more than 100 games in a whole season. Yelich is a warrior. There’s honestly no comparison.

[@jtremaine23]

@@jamaalhorton2343 Did someone record it?

[@alexkelly1543]

Some people forget that Bonds was one of the best pure hitter ever before he beefed up with steroids.

[@InvestBetter.]

When you see Barry's swings at the end of the video, you see he took almost no stride at all His swing was all from the hip rotation up. All upper body. I'm sure he has a logic behind it, probably being the more stable base keeps his head level and the swing more accurate

[@Basebalpro122]

Damn didn’t even realize that this was just posted. Was wondering why it had no views or anything

[@Howard007]

Dat kidd same with this video that he just posted! .. weird. kzbin.info/www/bejne/moLaZapvjMyLmbM

[@Koolkyle7]

Steven L you can’t trick me, I know the Rick roll link

[@Howard007]

Koolkyle 7 dude... forget you for commenting that

[@MrEazyE357]

It's definitely been posted before because I saw it months ago.

Loved the juice years. Yeah, I said it. It was pure, pure fun.

[@alvaroandrespizzavarela878]

Bring back the steroids.

[@MidwayGuy]

This is the most fascinating thought process on power hitting I've ever heard

[@booniedavillier504]

Barry taught me this drill back when I was bat boy for them in the 90s... Dude is awesome..

[@Shootskas]

Pittsburgh or SF?

[@yonarcandelario3663]

When I played I was always told to swing down just like Yelich is explaining. I moved alway from this in my teaching by listing to mike trout hitting techniques. When you swing down from your back hand you cover more of the plate, the bat stays in the zone for a longer period of time. The way Yelich explain you swing straight down. The bat is in the strike zone for a split second. I believe both ways of hitting are great if you can see the ball off the bat. Great video thanks for sharing.

[@LEEMAN-X]

Yep, a ton of dudes batting averages went up when Bonds was the hitting coach, but ppl dont wana talk about the fact that he was actually doing his job lol

[@TheStonedPhilosopher47]

this was very insightful, thanks for doing these. Also the production value on Sequence is amazing too.

[@DJillWill]

sweet stache Yeli

[@陳柏安-q5k]

this is so great...love this inside story that many people dont know about ...

[@johnlevine3384]

Great story! Awesome to see the comparison at the end!

[@peterbondi751]

Thanks for covering this I needed some more explanation

[@jarredthorpe846]

I adore Barry bonds, but I did hear a story that Giancarlo was having trouble identifying the curve and was swinging at them in the dirt and apparently Barry told him, “why don’t you just not swing at it?” Lmao

[@TheOldSchoolGamer93]

Barry apparently could see how the ball rotates because he could see the stitching on the ball and how it was moving mid pitch. I don't think he gets that almost everyone doesn't have that eyesight

[@stefankurpick8425]

@@TheOldSchoolGamer93 well the average mlb player eyesight is 20/12 but that aint even enough

[@VersaceJesus]

When Ted Williams was manager he told his hitters to always take the first pitch like he did. They had to explain that umpires were giving him balls because he was Ted Williams, and that they wouldn't have the same effect.

[@blakej6416]

Thanks for posting, guys. Really interesting listen! I'd love to hear other players talk about mechanical stuff like this.

[@MacLaw3084]

great post, man. thanks

[@AtlantaSamurai]

Awesome interview

[@BaseballChris]

love this man. gonna give this a try someday!

[@Ethan-nf1pd]

maaan those "swing up" teachers must be seething LMAO best homerun hitter ever and one of the best hitters in baseball today saying to swing down... interesting

[@sheriffrust]

What if this is just a ploy to trick other hitters into doing the opposite? 🤔🤭

[@JWhiz]

If you go look at Yelich’s swing, he doesn’t swing down at the ball. He goes down initially but ends up having a slight uppercut to his swing, allowing his bat to be in the zone for a very long time

[@StevieDahlen]

Reading “Swing Kings” right now, too. So interesting.

[@Ethan-nf1pd]

@@JWhiz bruh you just said he doesnt swing down and then said his hands go down initially....

[@darkarima]

@@Ethan-nf1pd Obviously he knows Yeli's swing better than Yeli does. XD Although to be fair, Yeli may not want to give away all of the elements of a good swing that he's figured out. Heck, he may not even be consciously aware of what his body has figured out. At Yeli's level, his thought processes have to go far beyond conscious speed - hundreds of muscles have to react to the ball's position and direction, millisecond by millisecond. One other thing that comes to mind wrt "swing down": He may be alluding to shorthand that MLB hitters fully understand but the layman understands partially or not at all - kinda like how business-inspirational books have given us scads of shorthand like "agile" and "guerilla marketing". For instance "spread me out really wide" (1:30-1:35) is easy enough to figure out with some thought, but I'm clueless on "leaking" (4:43-4:48).

[@dpscribe]

Barry Bonds hand eye coordination was excellent, bat control, and his brain to process pitch recognition. Yes he took PED, which boost him from Great player to All time great player with extra boost in power numbers. He was ahead of his peers during his playing days, but those PED just put him in another universe where only special players go to.

[@lilboosie5]

Amazing how this young man is talking bout how Bonds helped his batting and y'all still talking about steroids. Let that shit gooooo!!!! He still will be one of the greatest of all the time whether you like it or not!!!!

[@mattm4340]

As a Miami fan watching him a lot, he really did seem to improve from 2016-18 with us, this seems to be a huge part of that. Then he exploded in Milwaukee and is one of the best in the league now. So happy he's at least got a competitive team now

[@ccgb92]

"barry got me in there, and spread me out really wide".. sounds hot af

[@DjDobleU809]

Woah 😳 🤣🤣 Looks like Miller likes his coffee ☕ black.

[@ccgb92]

@Cody in Texas I like Bonds

[@charleswilbur8765]

Cody in Texas It is very hot. Sleeping with Barry Bonds. Don’t act like you wouldn’t do it. So what if we are both guys... nobody ever said it was wrong. We should contact Barry together ;)

[@jletienne5]

yelich did say it was like 120 in there

[@ccgb92]

@@jletienne5 LOL!

[@roscoepicotrain]

Great interview!

[@D0RYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY]

We all saw he had all the potential in the world when he was in Miami. Good on him for working hard and unlocking it. Kids an all world stud

[@TroutWest]

Where was this info when I was playing!!!!? So cool. And makes do much sense.

[@atchjs]

Pretty cool to be shown how to do the drill by a legend who obviously still has the skills.

[@aguirrecf]

Old school technique. Swinging down almost like a chop but not quite. I remember being taught this and it improved my hitting ten fold.

[@at2130]

Hell ya that's how I was taught used to crack the ball shots in the gap with no fence had to leg it out

[@jeffgo5742]

This was an awesome baseball story

[@Sticktothemodels]

Product of the Valley 💎

[@hoselpalooza1254]

3:12 this is gold

[@nicholaspesch5086]

Love the Yelich content

[@randyrodriguez99]

A video demo of this drill would be great to see!!

[@kylegrunert22]

Such beautiful swings!

[@CH4madness]

Wow, that side by side of Yelich and Bonds is incredible. Apparently Yeli forgot this drill this year in Milwaukee though...hopefuly he can recover his form next year.

[@CoryFalde175]

Barry Bonds didn't get those hitting skills from taking steroids. Discrediting somebody's career because they took PEDs is a simple minded thing to do.

[@iamshevanel]

thank you

[@petermiller1565]

Cory Falde I have to say with all do respect, that you are the one being simple-minded with regard to your assertion here. Of course we could all reasonably attest to the fact that steroids do not add any otherwise innate talent to an athlete’s actual skill set. However, it’s extremely disingenuous to say that if an athlete is born with and/or works hard to develop a skill set within his/her sport that strength doesn’t enhance that skill set in immeasurable ways. Let’s break it down so what I’m saying cannot be misconstrued, steroids do not just make your look bigger, they make you a whole lot stronger. That being said the same way the use of anabolics can add many many pounds to a power lifter’s one rep max, it could also add 50 to 100 feet to a baseball player’s fly ball that might otherwise be a fly out, or double in the gap. So that fly out or double now sails over the fence for a home run. Now multiple that by about 500 at bats per season, and then multiply that by the numbers of seasons that player uses anabolic steroids, and think about how many additional home runs that may result in. I’m NOT saying that Barry Bonds or any other user of PED’s wouldn’t be exceptional athletes without them, but they may not be breaking records that true sports fans would only want to see broken by someone doing so on a level playing field. How many home runs do you think people like Hank Aaron, Babe Ruth and too many others to mention would have hit had they used PED’s. If you could explain to me how that’s fair, I’d be happy to hear you out.

[@CoryFalde175]

@@petermiller1565 You're right about the home run record. I wasn't talking about that.

[@jawbone78]

Some people think that Bonds was just a home run hitter because of the latter half of his career. He was a hitting god before all that. He was easily the best player of the 90s, Griffey included. He hit for both average and power, and always had an OBP in the top tier of the league. Honestly, he was like if Ken Griffey Jr, Tony Gwynn, and Ricky Henderson were all one player. He ticked all the boxes for a first-ballot, inner-circle hall of famer before he bulked up and started breaking records. Anyone who doesn't think that he's one of the top five greatest hitters to ever walk the earth either didn't watch baseball in the 90s or is an idiot. Or both.

[@samphilo5035]

jawbone78 yeah if you actually look at his stats too there’s no way Steroids could help you that much. He had amazing plate discipline, a great eye, obviously a good method about hitting a baseball as shown in this video and above average speed in his 20s. Steroids help you build muscle and recover faster so that really shouldn’t discredit how incredible he was at hitting. That being said I don’t think he should be a HOF because of the steroid use

[@Speedy.V]

screaming at the top of my lungs: YEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEELICH miss you in Marlins uniform miss baseball

[@mccards]

Incredible insight! Ball control goes back a lon gway. John McGraw, Cobb and Lajoie comes to mind.

[@BeaverCheeze]

Sure steroids helped Bonds, but there is a reason they are called performance enhancing drugs. They are enhancing your performance, you still need to train. Barry Bonds is still a legend.

[@christufuhh]

Exactly. They help hitters continue to train and hit without their muscles getting as sore.

[@omgitsjoetime]

Truth

[@SupplementalSense]

And Bonds had an eye at the plate that was only rivaled by Ted Williams.

[@jakesouthall1671]

smh sure they used steroids but They won awards before they started using peds. That doesn’t mean that they used them to be good, they used them to keep themselves healthy

[@iamhungey12345]

True but keep in mind without the PEDs he wouldn't have gotten 700 homers. Probably would have top out around 550 to 600 which would still have been more than HOF worthy. He and Clemens are examples of great players who happens to cheat. Altuve as well though in a different way.

[@OsvaldoG521]

I miss Yelich as a Marlins fan but I’m glad he’s finally getting the success he was capable of.

[@Daniel-Weaver]

When did Pete Davidson take up baseball?

[@MrClean-cd1sl]

This is gonna change my swing for sure

[@alejandrochagoyan]

My coach has told me to swing down/chop at it during practice to help with my swing level. It really does end up helping later on

[@andrewrogers2575]

Can you break down Jose Urena intentionality hitting Ronald Acuna Jr on the first pitch

[@magnumdongsen2141]

amazing content 👏

[@bryantcaplan5399]

I tried this today and it was fantastic. It really works. Thanks! I wasted so much time watching bs from other KZbinrs. Thanks for fixing my swing with a swing that requires half the amount of effort. Like Yelich says it's not about the body 1st.

[@bryantcaplan5399]

@Chris Ayers 1st try swinging down on the pitch. Chop it so the ball is redirected straight down hitting the front of the plate. Get a feel for the motion of chopping the ball. Then aim 6 feet in front of the plate still chopping the ball. Then line drives which will be missiles. Then change your angle slightly so the ball will rise at a homerun angle. The chopping motion will automatically create backspin on the ball which will help the ball rise making the ball go further. The chopping is a feel. It requires a lot of hand eye coordination. If you time it right you will be rewarded... :)

[@gadbammit4736]

This really put it all together. Tremendous amount of respect for Yelich, the guy is of great character. 2016 he hit more home runs than he did in the first 3 years of his career. He could always hit, Bonds just helped him unlock that next level that's turned him into a perennial MVP candidate. That's awesome, so awesome they have the same swing. Everybody wanna hate Bonds, and to his credit the reason he did it was fair. He told Ken Griffey Jr the reason he was going to take steroids was because everyone else was like Mark McGuire and Sammy Sosa and look at how much attention everyone is paying them? Well I'll show them, I'm gonna break the single season record and the all time record. And I believe at the time he wasn't taking steroids yet. He already knew he was that great and if they can do it why couldn't he?

[@lucabuca45]

i miss baseball so much!!🥺

[@originalshamus]

This is the sensible answer to the extreme launch angle people. Although obviously not everyone has the bat control of a Yelich, let alone Bonds.

[@coltgould3659]

This is amazing 🎉🎉🎉

[@christianelias844]

Even with most seats empty, it was an honor (for us few Marlins fans left) to have Yelich, Stanton, Ozuna, Ichiro and Bonds as hitting coach for those short lived seasons.

[@andrewnyman4128]

Barry is simply the greatest hitter of all time. You can talk about what he had for breakfast all you want, he was facing pitchers and other teams on similar diets. He was better at being perfect than anyone to ever live.

[@stevenygabbyperez695]

I could watch an hour of this.

[@blakewarren5613]

Learned from the greatest 👌🏾

[@bryce7678]

1:30 homers aren’t the only thing he’s hammering I guess

[@alanyoung1598]

Nice

[@costellotocustelow03]

cringe

[@danielbeverly2147]

That was a super pause. Barry spread me out wide.😂

[@masonboley876]

Someone show this to Yelich again. Bring Barry Bonds in as a hitting coach for Yelich for the rest of the year.

[@brianclark1858]

knew what he was going to say before the video started. I saw Barry telling a giants player about getting your hands through the zone and not dragging the bat years ago.

[@TheCaderballa]

This is awesome

[@wsf7498]

Yelich is the goat

[@timr5185]

Nothing like remembering one of the many great players the Marlins once had before Jeter came in and traded them off to build up our "farm league" 😔 Edit: Stanton, Dietrich, Yelich, Ozuna, Hand, Realmuto, and a few more that are doing amazing things with other teams.

[@stevenjeon8600]

To be fair Hand was terrible with Miami and was claimed off waivers by the padres.

[@samfisher170]

It’s crazy that they don’t have the best Farm system for the past 3+ seasons at least. Incompetence at its finest

[@timr5185]

@@samfisher170 Tell me about it

[@timr5185]

@@stevenjeon8600 I agree man. All went on to be amazing players in other places. At least I was able to enjoy our 97 and 03 championships. Those times are long gone.

[@stevenjeon8600]

@@timr5185 Lol such horrible management

[@MrClean-cd1sl]

This is gonna change my swing

[@NickCurrin]

Bonds is the best baseball player of all time, hands down, not even close.

He was special, like many others. Baseball has been full of these uniquely talented men.

[@truth135]

Babe Ruth

[@jysportscardguy8935]

Bonds droppin' knowledge. Very cool 😎

[@smokinjoe4684]

Because of Ichiro I watched the Marlins a lot. Rich Waltz and Todd Hollandsworth always always said Yelich is going win triple crown. Crazy.

[@vincentreedy7945]

Say what you want about Bonds, the man can hit a baseball. Steroids (alleged) helped him hit farther but didn’t help him hit. I never saw McGwire, A-Rod or Sosa get intentionally walked with the bases loaded.

[@jtremaine23]

And Bonds got intentionally walked with the bases loaded before the alleged PED use. They were just scared of the dude, period.

[@mikeh2385]

Barry Bonds belongs in the Hall of Fame.

[@eltigredetejas2328]

I learned this very drill from Sam West Jr. RIP best coach I ever had. I hit a ton of bombs in HS and College .

[@chaimweingarten7219]

Yelli is the man