Bat-Flip Coverage: Yasiel Puig Celebrated

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October 14, 2013

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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.





 

David G. Temple is the Managing Editor of TechGraphs and a contributor to FanGraphs, NotGraphs and The Hardball Times. He hosts the award-eligible podcast Stealing Home. Dayn Perry once called him a "Bible Made of Lasers." Follow him on Twitter @davidgtemple.

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rusty
10 years ago

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.

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MustBunique
10 years ago
Reply to  rusty

Thanks Alanis.

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FoodD
10 years ago
Reply to  MustBunique

He celebrated rain on his wedding day, because he has no idea what irony means. (god I HATE that song)

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Kenny
10 years ago
Reply to  FoodD

That song is detestable.

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MDLmember
10 years ago
Reply to  Kenny

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”.

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