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Yasiel Puig homered and then acknowledged his hitting coach with a kiss on the cheek

Yasiel Puig has never been one to mask his emotions. Whether it's anger, joy or love, if Puig's feeling that emotion, he's going to wear it on his sleeve.
After hitting a home run over the left field wall in the 5th inning of the Dodgers' 6-5 win over the Twins Wednesday night, Puig celebrated by thanking the man behind his homer: Dodgers hitting coach Turner Ward. Puig showed his gratitude the only way he knows how: Fully.

Ward certainly appeared a bit surprised by the flood of emotion pouring out of his pupil, but that didn't deter Puig in the least. Just to show how much he cared, he went in for not one, but two kisses. Puig is going to have fun playing baseball, and he's going to bring the Dodgers along with him.

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