Otherwise buried amongst the news of baseball’s futility and the march for nation-wide change, Yasiel Puig reminded us of different times.
7 years ago today, the Dodgers made the call that fans had long been clamoring for. He tore it up in spring training earlier that year (1.328 OPS) — he was tearing it up at Chattanooga for months (.982 OPS) — but he was also a wild card.
The Wild Horse, as the great Vin Scully later dubbed him, had been in America for less than a full calendar year at that time — the perception of a smug prima donna making it’s way up the front office email chain.