Does Yasiel Puig's exuberance make him a target?

ESPN ^ | June 12, 2013 | Mark Saxon

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If you are a rookie, you are to behave as if you were paint coated on a wall. You can be seen, but you shouldn't be heard. And, above all, you shouldn't make a spectacle of yourself.

Yasiel Puig comes from another baseball culture, a freer, Cuban style, and he refuses to play by the blue-collar code of this country's game. In the minor leagues, he was famous for his bat flips, even in batting practice. Already, he has developed a dugout dance with Luis Cruz or Hanley Ramirez after he hits home runs.

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[Resolute Conservative]

He is no Harper or Trout.

[RayChuang88]

I'll say it now: MLB and the Dodgers better pray Puig is not connected to any performance-enhancing drug (PED) usage. Otherwise, this will end up being a gigantic public-releations nightmare against baseball itself.