YASIEL PUIG

"Yasiel Puig's antics have reached a boiling point with Los Angeles Dodgers manager Don Mattingly. The Dodgers' rookie sensation was pulled from Wednesday afternoon's game against the Chicago Cubs for what all reports indicate are disciplinary reasons. Puig was replaced by
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Skip Schumaker in the fifth inning, and the Dodgers ultimately won 40..." http://bleacherreport.com/articles/1753864-yasiel-puig-benched-bydodgers-in-4-0-win-over-cubs

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On hearing this, Jesus said, "It is not the healthywho need a doctor, but the sick."
Matthew 9:12
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8/26/13 L.A. DODGER YASIEL PUIG FOUL BALL v CHICAGO CUBS @ DODGER STADIUM

"Stand up and praise the LORD your God, who is from everlasting to everlasting.Blessed be your glorious name,and may it be exalted above all
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blessing and praise."

Nehemiah 9:5b
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So whether you eat or drink or whatever you do,do it all for the glory of God.
1 Corinthians 10:31
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The earth is the Lord's, and everything in it.

1 Corinthians 10:26
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Correct me, LORD, but only with justice-- not in your anger, lest you reduce me to nothing.
Jeremiah 10:24
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"Yasiel Puig Valds (Spanish pronunciation: [pwi]; born December 7, 1990) is a Cuban professional baseball outfielder for theLos Angeles Dodgers of Major League Baseball (MLB). Puig defected from Cuba in 2012, and signed a seven year, $42 million contract with the Dodgers. He made his MLB debut on June 3, 2013..." [all information quoted on this page is from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yasiel_Puig ]
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Puig played for the Cuban national baseball team in the 2008 World Junior Baseball Championship, winning a bronze medal. He then played for the Cienfuegos team of the Cuban National Series in the 200809 Cuban National Series. He batted .276 with five home runs in his debut season. Puig enjoyed a breakout season in the 200910
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Cuban National Series, with a .330 batting average, 17 home runs, 47 runs batted in (RBIs) and 78 runs scored in 327 at-bats.[1][2]

Puig also played for the Cuban national team in the 2011 World Port Tournament where he tried to defect along with teammate Gerardo Concepcion. Concepcion was
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successful while Puig was not and was disciplined by not being allowed to play during the 201112 seasons.
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In 2012, he successfully defected from Cuba and began to

formally establish residency in Mexico, in order to become a free agent in Major League Baseball.

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The Los Angeles Dodgers

signed Puig on June 28, 2012, to a seven-year deal worth $42

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million.

The Dodgers placed him on the 40-man roster and

assigned him to their Arizona Rookie League team. In nine

games, he hit .400 with four homers and 11 RBI....

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On August 13, 2012, the Dodgers promoted Puig to the Rancho Cucamonga Quakes of the Class A-Advanced California League.[5] He played in 14 games with the Quakes and hit .327. After the Quakes season, he was scheduled to join the Mesa Solar Sox of theArizona Fall League, but a staph infection in his right elbow required surgery and sidelined him for several months. After the infection healed, he opted to play winter ball in Puerto Rico to keep his development on schedule.[6]...

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Puig had a strong spring training with the Dodgers in 2013, hitting .526 in Cactus League games and having some in the press speculate that he might break camp with the Dodgers. However, he was optioned to the Chattanooga Lookouts of the Class AA Southern League
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just prior to the end of spring training.[7] He hit .313 with 8 homers and 37 RBI for the Lookouts in 40 games...

On June 2, 2013, the Dodgers announced that they had recalled Puig from Chattanooga and he made his debut
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on June 3.[8] In his first at-bat he singled to left-center off Eric Stults of the San Diego Padres. He was 2 for 4 in the game and showcased his strong arm by recording an outfield assist on a double play to end the game.[9]...

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Puig hit two home runs, doubled and drove in five runs in his second game. He became the first Dodger ever to have a multi-homer game in one of his first two appearances. The first home run was off Padres pitcher Clayton Richard.[10] In his fourth game, on June 6, 2013, he hit a grand slam off of Cory Gearrin of the Atlanta Braves.[11] The following day, Puig hit another homer to become only the 2nd player in the modern era (Mike Jacobs in 2005 was the other) to hit four home runs in

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his first five games and his 10 RBI tied the Major League record for most RBI in the first five games of a career (with Danny Espinosa (2010) and Jack Merson (1951)).
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Puig was named the National League Player of the Week for the week of June 39.[13]...

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Puig had 27 hits in his first 15 games, tied with Joe DiMaggio (1936) and Terry Pendleton (1984) for second most all-time behind Irv Waldron(1901) and Bo Hart (2003) with 28.[14] He also became the first player in

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major league history to record at least 34 hits and sevenhome runs in his first 20 games and set Dodger records Gibby Brack in 1937) and total bases through 20 games(58, four more than Del Bissonette in 1928). [15] Puig finished the month of June with 44 hits, breaking Steve Sax's 1983 team record for most hits by a rookie in one month. That total was also second all-time for rookies intheir first month, behind only DiMaggio who had 48.
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In 26 games in June, Puig hit .436 with a .467 on base percentage and a .713 slugging percentage. He won both the National League Rookie of the Month Award and theNational League Player of the Month Award, the first time someone had won both in their first month in the
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Majors.[17]...

Despite his not making his debut until June, Puig received 842,915 write-in votes from the fans for the 2013 Major League Baseball All-Star Game. His name was included among the All-Star Final Vote candidates.[18]
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Puig received 15.5 million votes, second to Atlanta Braves' first baseman Freddie Freeman who received 19.7 million.[19][20]...

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Fear the LORDyour God and serve Him. Hold fast to Him...
Deuteronomy 10:20
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