Los Angeles Dodgers: Reliving our favorite Yasiel Puig moments

Showing out in St. Louis — September 15, 2018

This one is sad in reflection. Yasiel Puig ended his last season with the Los Angeles Dodgers in a very similar way to how he started his career. While this was not the end of the season, Puig had two huge games in St. Louis amidst a stressful playoff push.

The stress did not get to Puig, as he blasted five home runs in two days to lead the Los Angeles Dodgers to sweep the St. Louis Cardinals. This would be the start of a great run by the Dodgers, which led to the team winning the National League Pennant.

Clinching the Pennant — October 21, 2018

This is probably the biggest hit of Yasiel Puig’s career as a Dodger and really shouldn’t have been, as Dave Roberts and the management blew the last memory on this list.

Anyways, the Dodgers were engaged in a very intense NLCS battle with the Milwaukee Brewers in which every single game was a close contest that was very closely calculated in different managerial moves.

Puig ended the stress and finally gave Dodger fans some comfort as he took a two-strike, two-out low and outside curveball over the left field wall to give the Dodgers a 4-1 home run. This, along with the next memory, are the home runs that Puig should be remembered for.

The last home run as a Dodger — October 27, 2018

Yasiel Puig’s last home run with the Los Angeles Dodgers should have been one that defined his entire Dodgers career. Puig always brought energy to the team when they needed it most. Despite being just an above-average player that can be replaced, Puig seemingly always came up when it mattered.

That was the case in Game 4 of the 2018 World Series, where the momentum began to shift to the Dodgers. Alex Cora and the Red Sox were in a dire pitching situation and a 2-2 series would have made things a whole lot more interesting.

Puig did everything he could to move the series to two games apiece as he blasted yet another two-out home run halfway up the left-field pavilion to give the Dodgers a four-run lead.

Rich Hill was dealing and the win seemed to be in the bag.

However, that was not the case. Dave Roberts and the coaching staff had a textbook overmanagement call and pulled Hill for another left-handed pitcher, who only faced one batter.

Instead of that potentially being the hit that sparked a World Series run, it is the hit that we must think “what if” about when we remember Yasiel Puig’s Dodger career.