Hmm. Didn’t his parents and relatives teach him better?
Mark Saxon writes: LOS ANGELES — Yasiel Puig spent at least 30 minutes visiting with friends in the stands while the rest of his teammates were either taking batting practice, fielding ground balls or shagging fly balls before the Los Angeles Dodgers’ 6-3 loss to the San Diego Padres on Tuesday night.
When Puig’s batting practice turn came up, he got to the cage in time to see Hanley Ramirez launch a ball over the left-field bleachers, off the metal roof and out of the stadium. How the Dodgers would love for one of those shots to come in an actual game.
Puig is often the last player to arrive in the Dodgers’ clubhouse and he is rarely seen on the field for early batting practice. Nobody, least of all manager Don Mattingly, seems to be willing to make it an issue, at least not publicly.
