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Brewers' Christian Yelich damages Wrigley Field scoreboard

By Zac Wassink | Last updated Jul 24, 2020 7:04 PM ET

Milwaukee Brewers outfielder Christian Yelich may receive an interesting bill in the mail soon.

Yelich took batting practice ahead of Friday's season opener against the Chicago Cubs, and he looked in midseason form as he belted a bomb that accidentally damaged a portion of the Wrigley Field scoreboard:

.@ChristianYelich > Pizarra en Wrigley Field. #Corte4 pic.twitter.com/fupGu7CgFB
— Corte4 (@corte4) July 24, 2020

The 2018 NL Most Valuable Player who was recently named the league's top star by ESPN's Paul Hembekides hit a career-high 44 home runs in 2019. Friday's blast won't Yelich's his popularity among Cubs fans who, sadly, can't attend Wrigley Field because of the coronavirus pandemic.

Zac Wassink

Zac Wassink is a longtime sports news writer and PFWA member who began his career in 2006 and has had his work featured on Yardbarker, MSN, Yahoo Sports and Bleacher Report. He is also a football and futbol aficionado who is probably yelling about Tottenham Hotspur at the moment and who chanted for Matt Harvey to start the ninth inning of Game 5 of the 2015 World Series at Citi Field. You can find him on X at @ZacWassink

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