Yasiel Puig fired an absolute bullet from right field to second base
Choosing to run on
At first, it didn't seem like much of a risk at all, as Panik really crushed the ball -- it was heading all the way to the right-center field wall on the fly. Few expected Puig to handle the carom so flawlessly, but his rocket arm made the play oh-so-close at second base.
The throw itself wasn't that much different from other successful Puig missiles at Dodger Stadium.
The only unfortunate difference tonight for the Dodgers was that 26-year-old Joe Panik is a little more agile than the 37-year-old Aramis Ramirez was in 2015. Panik was narrowly safe at second with a double.
Puig could only flip his glove in exasperation at the near-miss.
Thankfully for Puig,
Panik's error allowed Puig to get all the way to third base. He ended up scoring the Dodgers' lone run on the night on a
Just another day in the wild life of Yasiel Puig. It's normal.