SiriusXM host Craig Mish tweeted Wednesday morning that Bonds actually defeated a group of Marlins in a home run hitting contest.
Advertisement
Miami Marlins hitting coach Barry Bonds smiles as he watches spring training baseball batting practice Monday, Feb. 22, 2016, in Jupiter, Fla.
Stanton has 181 home runs in 2,567 at-bats, averaging 14.2 at-bats per big fly. Bonds, who retired after the 2007 season, has 762 career home runs, including a single-season record 73 in 2001.
Bonds apparently won an impromptu home run derby during batting practice today and, no, he was not competing against the Marlins’ lighter hitters.
It’s not the first time Bonds, who declined to comment, stepped into a drill with the players. 276 with 28 home runs, 66 RBIs, and 132 walks in 126 games for the Giants.
Major League Baseball’s all-time home run leader may be 51 years old and nine years removed from his playing days but he showed his new pupils that he can still swing the bat, and swing it well.
He added, “It was pretty impressive”.
Stanton, Yelich and Bonds formed one team, with Miguel Rojas, Jeff Mathis and Chris Johnson on the other.
“It was just to see who could score runs and a homer scored you a run, and it kind of turned into that”, Yelich said.
Advertisement
Stanton said: “Hit another 50-year-old out there and he’d probably snap his back in half. We were just trying to make hard contact and gets hits”, Yelich said. “That was probably one of the coolest things we’ve done”. No, Bonds didn’t participate in that contest, and neither did Stanton – no word on whether the Marlins’ star was taking some time off to fix his ego.
