JUPITER -- They started out with Wiffle Ball. The Yelich brothers -- Christian and Collin -- played in the front yard of their home, which sat at the end of a cul-de-sac in southern California. A ball hit into the neighbor’s driveway was a home run.
“We’d be out there for hours playing Wiffle Ball,” Collin said.
They were teammates at Westlake High School in Thousand Oaks. Collin was a catcher. Christian an outfielder. They were in the same starting lineup when Collin was a sophomore and Christian was a senior.
“We grew as brothers through the game of baseball,” Collin said.