Umm... What?
Mind you, this was in the FOURTH inning...
...THE FOURTH INNING
Don't mistake it. Puig is an incredible talent, an exciting talent, he's one of these young talents that will be energizing the game for many years to come. But what in the actual hell was that? That celebration on 3rd was Game 6 David Freese-esque. Come to think of it, not even David Freese was that boisterous, nor did he have the epic bat flip. Besides, when you compare the circumstances, it is not even close. David Freese hit a bases clearing triple to tie Game 6 of the World Series in the 9th after being one strike away from it all being over. Puig hit an RBI triple in the 4th inning of Game 3 of the NLCS.
(Wow, was that Freese thing a tangent or what...sorry about that). Back to the energizing the game for years to come, he will do that. He also seems to be incredibly talented at giving the other side extra motivation for beating him. Or beaning him. Or both. And let's not even get into what Brian McCann would have done right then. He may have caught the ball on the next pitch and tried to bean him from home.
What I'm saying Mr. Puig is, ignoring my personal feelings on excessive celebrating, you may want to tone it down just a bit if only for the sake of not giving the other side the one extra spark it needs to rally the troops, get fired up, come back and bite you in the ass. At times with a 95 mph fastball.
All of this said, I'd still want you on my team, but preferably once you reach free agency and are all grown up. Hell, is that going to be expensive or what?
For a video to better see the celebration, look here. (Also where I found the GIF)
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