I have come around on Yasiel Puig. Not because he has turned into the greatest player in baseball, because he has not. Not because he had a great 2017 season, because he did not. Not because he is a fundamentally sound ballplayer, because he is not. Why, then? Because he is a fun player to […]
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Learning to Appreciate Yasiel Puig
October 7th, 2017 · No Comments
Waiting … and Waiting … for Yasiel Puig
June 4th, 2017 · No Comments
Most Los Angeles Dodgers fans remember when Yasiel Puig was going to be something special. It was five years ago this week that he was called up from Triple A and for a spell looked like the Mike Trout of the National League, except with a stronger throwing arm. He was on my fantasy team, […]
Struggling Stars, Day 1: Yasiel Puig
August 28th, 2015 · No Comments
This was the year Yasiel Puig was supposed to put it all together. The kid who got MVP votes after a fairly solid second season would emerge as one of the game’s best players. Or, at least, his production would be so significant that we wouldn’t notice the things that pertain to his being a […]
Vying for the Attention of Yasiel Puig
April 20th, 2014 · No Comments
Perhaps you read the stories, or the news reports based on the stories. Yasiel Puig has other things on his mind than playing for the Los Angeles Dodgers. Which might explain his repeated episodes of poor decision-making in the outfield and on the base paths and off the field. Or not. But Puig, according to […]
Yasiel Puig: The Man, the Myth
August 24th, 2013 · No Comments
I take it, from the other side of the world, that the narrative in Los Angeles remains this: Yasiel Puig is a baseball superstar. Or a star, anyway. Or so we thought. Now, I am not so certain. And maybe this has been noted already, several times, and I have not seen it … but […]
Yasiel Puig!
June 8th, 2013 · No Comments
As a Dodgers fan since Vin Scully was a young man and the club was still playing in the Coliseum, I have been paying attention from afar to the first week of Yasiel Puig. My appetite for information on him is whetted by his presence (since March) on my fantasy team … a guy I […]
Is This the Dodgers’ Year?
October 4th, 2018 · No Comments
Probably not. But at least they are in there with a chance. Dodgers fans have been waiting for a World Series championship since 1988, when Orel Hershiser and Kirk Gibson led them to glory. The notion that winning the National League West would translate to World Series victory … well, that has not quite worked […]
Dodgers a Lock! Uh, No, They Were Not and Are Not
September 28th, 2018 · No Comments
Too soon. It was way too soon. After completing a three-game sweep of the Colorado Rockies eight days ago, outfielder Yasiel Puig predicted the Dodgers would win the National League West for a sixth consecutive season and a prominent Los Angeles columnist wrote: “It’s over” — that the Dodgers had their mojo back and would […]
Alas, No Series-Influencing Powers, After All
October 29th, 2017 · No Comments
I woke at 5 a.m., in Portugal, and instead of the Dodgers and Astros being done for the evening, back there in Central Daylight Time USA, the teams were tied at 12-12 going into the top of the 10th. Perfect timing for my mental energy — explained and celebrated in yesterday’s post — to push […]
Adding a Tiny Portion of Juju to Blue Crew Cause
October 28th, 2017 · 1 Comment
“Juju” is a noun with two definitions, according to Merriam-Webster. 1: a fetish, charm, or amulet of West African peoples 2: the magic attributed to or associated with juju I do not have a fetish, charm or amulet, but like many sports fans, I have a sneaking feeling that I can influence, by my attentions […]