Shortly after the Giants named Travis Ishikawa as hitting coach for their Arizona Rookie League squad, a former teammate of his suggested a handy instructional method. The ex-player jokingly advised Ishikawa that he could convey whatever he wanted about hitting simply by using a continuous loop to replay video clips of his walkoff home run in Game 5 of San Francisco's 6-3 victory over St. Louis in the 2014 National League Championship Series. The round-tripper propelled the Giants into the World Series against Kansas City, which they won in seven games.