It's all fun and games with Yasiel Puig. Until he crashes into an outfield wall in spring training while making an unbelievable catch that is. The always fearless Los Angeles Dodgers outfielder put a scare into everyone, not just Dodgers fans, during Wednesday's Cactus League tilt with the Chicago Cubs when he slammed into the outfield wall at Sloan Park to rob Anthony Rizzo of extra bases. [ Baseball is back! Check out Yahoo For Spring Training for great spring training pics. ] And we do mean slammed. Puig ran a long way from center field — a position manager Don Mattingly has been hesitant to play Puig in the past — to track the ball down in deep right-center field. Fortunately, he was able to slow his momentum down a bit as he approached, but the final leap sent him crashing hip first into the thankfully padded wall. It wasn't nearly as violent as his crash into the right field fence at Marlins Park last season. That collision only cost him two games, which is pretty amazing. But the image of Puig slowly regaining his bearings and rising to his feet is one that's become very familiar to Dodgers fans, and it's not one they particularly want to see on March 11. May...
Yasiel Puig makes spectacular catch, survives collision with wall
Published March 11, 2015 at 5:35 PM
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