This is a great story about barry bonds and hitting
My dad was a hitting genius in his head I mean and he could hit too um his own Personal life is one gotten away from my Father but his his mind was very sharp Very very talented in hitting he could Pick a picture apart fast and he Educated me on that he educated on Learning their flaws learning things and Then Willie was my mentor willie Mays Was the one it was great cuz I had like Two people on me like my dad was my dad Who anything I did was never enough for Him and then Willie was like "You did Great i love you." You know my godal so I had balance so I have basic balance The guys who work with my dad like Gary Sheffer can tell you some really good Stories about my dad when he was Training with us i said "Gary's Different he's really different." Cuz Like I can come home and say "I hit two Home runs." And I'm like "Dad man did You see that?" He's like "How many bats You have?" I said "Four." He said "Why'd You have four?" I'm like "He ain't even Happy over the two." You know Willie be Like "That's great he had a good at Bat." So it was always good but my dad Was the one who challenged me and Challenged me to a point to where he Expected perfection in practice and Practice was very important that my dad Wanted perfection and I'll never forget This i was in the batting cage with my
Father and I was swinging the bat and I Was jamming myself and I was missing Balls and my dad kept putting the screen Even closer and making it faster and I Go "Dad I ain't got it man it's just Not." So I was with my son at this time He was little and he said "Nikolai why Don't you stand behind home plate?" And He said "Get up there son Barry and I Want you to hit." I said "My son back There boy are you crazy?" He said "Then Don't let him get hit." M I said "Bro This ain't going down like that." And so And I I didn't say "Bro," at that time I Say "Here." I said "Pop Dad love you." I Never said that to my father i said "Nicoli get out this cage." And my dad Said "No I'm not going to let him get Hit." He put a he put a T back there and He said "In your mind pretend it's him." Now swing i've popped every single ball He played mind games with me which was Which challenged me which I loved and I Needed him for that you know i needed my Father for that and it was the best he's The best hitting coach the best
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