Yasiel Puig gets hit by pitches in back to back at-bats, a breakdown
What Happened
In a September 2019 game between the Cleveland Indians and the Los Angeles Angels, Yasiel Puig got plunked by a young Angels pitcher in back to back plate appearances. The first hit nailed Puig in the backside on an inside pitch after he'd been fed off-speed stuff early in the count. An inning or so later the pitcher hit Carlos Santana in the foot, then drilled Puig again the next time he came up. Puig, never one to hide his feelings, glared and jawed but didn't charge the mound, and both bullpens ended up chatting instead of brawling. Cleveland made the pitcher pay anyway, scoring multiple runs in the inning.
Why This Matters
Hitting the same batter twice in one game is the kind of thing that empties benches, and Puig had every reason to read intent into it. The pattern was telling though: soft stuff away to get ahead, then a heater that kept leaking inside. That reads less like a vendetta and more like a rookie who couldn't command his fastball, which is exactly how Puig seemed to take it. He stared, he barked, but he never bit. The real punishment came on the scoreboard. The pitcher walked in a run and then surrendered three more as Cleveland hit around, turning his wildness into a loss. For Puig, traded to Cleveland at the 2019 deadline, it was another chapter in a career built on theater. He restrained himself here, which is its own kind of story.
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Who / What Is Involved
Players: Yasiel Puig. Teams: Brewers.
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change-up then hits them on the tuckus
behind his back tweek doesn't like it
but he's like okay dude you're just bad
I know you didn't try to hit me on
purpose
you just can't pitch inside because you
don't have good accuracy rookie pitcher
I like tweak as much as all of you guys
hate him in the next inning he hit
Santana with the breaking ball in the
foot so he gets on first base and now
Bleek's coming up again in the top of
the third with two on get some with the
off-speed first pitch again doubles down
get some look in there Oh - now I was
gonna try and come inside again with the
heater does weak doesn't bite let's do
it again
hit some again and please like come on
dude I understand it's not on purpose
but you're hitting me and it hurts and
it's because you're so bad so why are
you trying to pitch like you're good I
pity you and I'm mad at you and I want
to fight you but I don't and it's just
like come on bro dude and the pitchers
like why would I try to hit you and he's
like just throw it over the plate and he
drops the ball and he says don't tell me
how to pitch and he drops the ball which
is a bad look and please like throw it
over to play and the bull pens like hey
should we fight there should we fight
here let's just talk and laugh cuz you
know but this is funny and they're like
yeah how you guys doing how's your
bullpen you guys got any balls we're out
of balls well how'd you run out of balls
there's so many balls usually I'm not
positive but that's what they said but
later on in the game this picture got
lit up in that inning he walked in a run
and then they hit around and they scored
three more runs so the Indians win and
the Angels pitcher loses and Puig wins
because he's one of the more
entertaining guys look him just stare
them down I hate you but you're not
worth my time but I'm really mad at you
but you're so not worth my time come on
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