Brock Lee Bond (born September 11, 1985) is an American former

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player. A Switch hitting

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, Bond played nine seasons in

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. Before playing professionally, Bond played

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at the

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and the

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Amateur career

Born and raised in

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, Bond attended Lindbergh High School, where he was a quarterback on the football team and infielder on the baseball team.

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named Bond the Athlete of the Year in 2003. Bond played Little League Baseball, where one of his teammates was

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, Scott's father, told Bond that he could play in

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. After high school, Bond attended the

, where he played

for the

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team. Bond transferred to the

, where he played for the

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team.

Professional career

The

San Francisco Giants The San Francisco Giants are an American professional baseball team based in San Francisco. The Giants compete in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a member club of the National League (baseball), National League (NL) National League West, West Div ...

drafted Bond in the 24th round of the

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. The selection was a mistake, as the Giants meant to select Casey Bond. The Giants then selected Casey Bond in the 25th round. “Mistakenly, yes, Brock was taken first ahead of Casey,” Giants vice president

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acknowledged. “But we planned to take both of them all along.” Bond signed with the Giants and began his professional career with the

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. He was then promoted to the

Salem-Keizer Volcanoes The Salem-Keizer Volcanoes are a baseball team located in Keizer, Oregon, who are charter members of the Mavericks Independent Baseball League, a four-team league entirely based in the Salem Metropolitan Statistical Area and playing all their ...

of the

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in which he led the team in hitting with a .342 batting average. Bond began the 2008 season with the

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of the Class A

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where he serves as a backup to Nick Noonan. On the suggestion of Steve Decker,

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of the

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of the

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, the Giants promoted Bond to San Jose. He was promoted to

Connecticut Defenders The Connecticut Defenders were a Minor League Baseball team based in Norwich, Connecticut. The team, which played in the Eastern League, was the Double-A affiliate of the San Francisco Giants major-league club from 2003 until following the 2009 ...

of the

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Eastern League in 2009. Bond was named to the mid-season and post-season all-star teams and led the league with a .333

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and a .429

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. He was then promoted to the

Fresno Grizzlies The Fresno Grizzlies are a Minor League Baseball team of the California League and the Single-A affiliate of the Colorado Rockies. They are located in Fresno, California, and play their home games at Chukchansi Park, which was opened in 2002 in ...

of the

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(PCL) for the 2010 season, and was named to the PCL all-star game in

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. Bond was named the starting second baseman and was the first batter of the game. Bond missed the majority of the 2011 season after suffering a concussion. He played in winter baseball in the Australian Baseball League in the 2011–12 off-season. Bond played for Fresno in 2012, he finished fifth in the PCL with a .332 batting average and third in the PCL with a .422 on-base percentage. The Giants invited Bond to Major League

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in 2013, giving him an opportunity to compete for a roster spot in the majors for the Giants. The Giants sent him to their minor league complex in mid-March. At the end of spring training, Bond won the Harry S. Jordan Award, given to the player in his first spring training whose spirit best exemplifies the Giants. He suffered an

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injury at the end of spring training and was assigned to San Jose to rehabilitate. As Bond had been a member of the Giants' organization in minor league baseball for seven seasons, he became a

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at the end of the 2013 season. The

Baltimore Orioles The Baltimore Orioles (also known as the O's) are an American professional baseball team based in Baltimore. The Orioles compete in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a member club of the American League (AL) East Division. As one of the America ...

signed him to a minor league contract for the 2014 season. The

Winnipeg Goldeyes The Winnipeg Goldeyes are a professional minor-league baseball team based in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. The Goldeyes play in the American Association of Professional Baseball, which they joined in 2011. Previously, the Goldeyes were members of ...

signed Bond. He had a batting average of .326 and an on base percentage of .448 for the Goldeyes. Bond began the 2015 season with the

Arkansas Travelers The Arkansas Travelers, known informally as The Travs, are a Minor League Baseball team based in North Little Rock, Arkansas. The Travelers are the Double-A (baseball), Double-A affiliate of the Seattle Mariners and play in the Texas League. Hi ...

of the Class AA

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, an affiliate of the

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. He was released on May 31, but signed by the

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and assigned to the

Albuquerque Isotopes The Albuquerque Isotopes are a Minor League Baseball team of the Pacific Coast League and the Triple-A affiliate of the Colorado Rockies. They play home games at Rio Grande Credit Union Field at Isotopes Park in Albuquerque, New Mexico, at an ...

of the PCL on June 1.

Post-playing career

Bond learned Transcendental Meditation in 2014, while playing for the Baltimore Orioles. He enrolled at

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in fall 2015, studying Vedic Science. He became a certified teacher of the Transcendental Meditation technique after completing a five and a half month TM teacher training course in Bali, Indonesia. In 2019, Bond was a volunteer assistant coach at

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under Brad Sanfilippo. The first base coach, Bond helped coach hitting and outfielders.

Personal

Bond's father is a

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; he worked on

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. Bond's elder brother is in the

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, having graduated from the

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. His younger brother, Brett Bond, played baseball at the

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