Yasiel Puig and Justin Turner are not very good at playing hide-and-seek
On Monday morning, Day 1 of the Dodgers' community tour leading up to their FanFest on Jan. 28, the team challenged Los Angeles to a city-wide game of hide-and-seek.
.@redturn2 & @YasielPuig are kicking off the #DodgersLoveLA Tour presented by @BankofAmerica this morning! ... Where will they be? 🤔 pic.twitter.com/VRIqUMeQJl
— Los Angeles Dodgers (@Dodgers) January 23, 2017
The rules were simple:
We're thinking they might need a pick-me-up to get their day going... Maybe some ☕️?#FindJT #FindPuig
— Los Angeles Dodgers (@Dodgers) January 23, 2017
Hints or not, with 500 square miles of hiding spots available, the game could have taken a while. Puig could've posted up in Echo Park, Turner could've settled under a bush in Beverly Hills, and it could've been days before anyone found them.
But, uh, guys? The whole point of hide-and-seek is the hiding. Tweeting out photos of your hiding spot -- and geo-tagging them -- does not seem like the most effective strategy:
Come visit me! #PuigYourBarista pic.twitter.com/bZMVI1unrz
— Yasiel Puig (@YasielPuig) January 23, 2017
As one might expect, it didn't take long for some Dodgers fans to track Puig down, serving coffee and signing autographs in Studio City:
And here's Turner, doing a lousy job of hiding but a good job hanging with fans:
.@redturn2 will be here until 9:30 a.m. #DodgersLoveLA pic.twitter.com/IOkzNWw06N
— Los Angeles Dodgers (@Dodgers) January 23, 2017
Yeah, it's pretty clear that Dodgers fans won this one. Good thing Puig and Turner are better at playing baseball than they are hide-and-seeking.