Milwaukee Brewers slugger Christian Yelich is preparing to participate in Monday’s Home Run Derby, but things went awry when he got a little practice in at PNC Park in Pittsburgh.
The Allegheny River sits outside the stadium behind the right field fence, and while practicing, Yelich went deep that way. The ball went so far that it shattered the window of a boat parked on the river, and police were called.
Christian Yelich did a practice round for the Home Run Derby at PNC Park today with former Marlins coach Pat Shine. He broke the window of a boat parked in the Allegheny River outside right field. Cops were called, Yelich was not arrested.
— Sophia Minnaert (@SophiaMinnaert) July 5, 2019
Yelich had already thrown down the gauntlet for his derby appearance. It sounds like he’s ready to back up the hype. Some poor Pittsburgh-area boat owner found that out the hard way.
