Yasiel Puig’s antics were on full display in the opening game of the postseason for his Los Angeles Dodgers on Friday.
After fouling one off in the first inning of NLDS Game 1 between the Dodgers and the Arizona Diamondbacks, the Cuban outfielder suddenly took a lick of his bat and quickly discovered that the taste of pine tar was quite unpleasant.
Yasiel Puig licks his bat, later realizes pine tar tastes terrible (h/t @Christiancp_88) pic.twitter.com/UK7k3J2dqH
— That Dude (@cjzer0) October 7, 2017
Predictably, reactions from the Wonderful World of Twitter soon arrived:
did puig lick his bat. i’m shutting the game off
— gabboo (@BARONVONTlTO) October 7, 2017
Did Puig lick his bat?! pic.twitter.com/fJjVsWgSnn
— Irish nt Mike (@IrishCARBomb21) October 7, 2017
PUIG LICKED HIS BAT. BUMGARNER SHAKING FROM HIS COUCH
— Joc BBBson (@NotJocPederson) October 7, 2017
Yasiel Puig licking the pine tar on his bat basically reminds me of this. pic.twitter.com/XffA9JV468
— D.J. Short (@djshort) October 7, 2017
I'm just going to say it….Puig needs to lick his bat every time. #LetsGoDodgers
— Tracy Jeffords (@TracyJeffords) October 7, 2017
Yasiel Puig licking his bat after a foul ball is disturbing yet arousing.#Dodgers pic.twitter.com/GmW61mhfDh
— Best Coast Show (@BestCoastShow) October 7, 2017
When you realize you’re a Puig fan pic.twitter.com/HPbtpGpeNR
— Mike Evans Fanclub (@TooMuchMortons) October 7, 2017
Puig went on to hit an RBI double later in the AB as a part of a four-run first inning for the Dodgers, so maybe he’s onto something here. In any case, at least it’s a welcome change from the way Puig usually treats bats — flipping them, electrocuting them, or sometimes even outright destroying them.
