SAN FRANCISCO -- Shortly after the Giants named Travis Ishikawa as hitting coach for their Rookie-level Arizona League squad, a former teammate of his suggested a handy instructional method.
The ex-player jokingly advised Ishikawa that he could convey whatever he wanted about hitting simply by using a continuous loop to replay video clips of his walk-off home run in Game 5 of San Francisco's 6-3 victory over St. Louis in the 2014 National League Championship Series. The round-tripper propelled the Giants into the World Series, which they won in seven games over Kansas City.
Ishikawa, 34, recently admitted that, as time passes, fewer strangers stop to ask him about his milestone homer.