Bat-Flip Coverage: Yasiel Puig Celebrated
Yasiel Puig celebrated when two BAR symbols showed up on his slot machine, because it was the closest he had gotten to date.
Yasiel Puig celebrated when he came in second to Adrian Gonzalez in the clubhouse NFL pick-em pool, because Adrian is a cool dude and worked hard on his picks.
Yasiel Puig celebrated when what he thought was a rare coin turned out to be a dirty nickel because, hey — free nickel.
Yasiel Puig celebrated after he wiped out on his BMX bike trying to do a rail slide because he almost nailed it and at least his bike was OK.
Yasiel Puig celebrated after seeing the last episode of LOST, because at least it didn’t get cancelled mid-series.
Yasiel Puig celebrated when he only had to sit in 40 minutes of traffic on the 405, instead of the usual 48.
Yasiel Puig celebrated when he got a nosebleed as a side effect of taking Claritin, because one of the other side effects was jaundice.
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Yasiel Puig celebrated having 10,000 spoons, at a time when he needed a knife, because 10,000 is a big, round number, and that’s pretty cool.
Thanks Alanis.
He celebrated rain on his wedding day, because he has no idea what irony means. (god I HATE that song)
That song is detestable.
I like to think that Alanis knows exactly what irony is, and was being ironic by singing a song about non-ironic situations and calling it “Ironic”.