Stanford baseball's Rintaro Sasaki idolized Barry Bonds and modeled his play style after him

Japanese baseball phenom Rintaro Sasaki shares how he developed his powerful swing by studying Barry Bonds, one of baseball's greatest hitters. The Stanford commit grew up watching footage of Bonds and incorporated elements of his batting style into his own game.

Sasaki, who set a Japanese high school home run record, chose to pursue his MLB dreams through the American college system rather than entering Japan's professional draft.