Watch Barry Bonds hit a homer off a Japanese guy pitching on a trampoline

Jason Foster

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Something I didn't expect to see today: Barry Bonds hitting baseballs thrown by a Japanese pitcher bouncing on a trampoline. Yet, here we are.

The unconventional batting practice apparently happened in 2002 during the MLB-Japan All-Star Series, which also included the likes of Jason Giambi, Bernie Williams, Torii Hunter and Ichiro, among other greats of the day. The MLB stars won the best-of-eight series (yes, best of EIGHT) 5-3.

Here's a much longer video from the series. It gets weird(er).

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Jason Foster joined The Sporting News in 2015 after stops at various news outlets where he held a variety of reporting and editing roles and covered just about every topic imaginable. He is a member of the Baseball Writers’ Association of America and a 1998 graduate of Appalachian State University.