Former Cincinnati Reds right fielder Yasiel Puig. Sam Greene, Cincinnati Enquirer via Imagn Content Services, LLC

Yasiel Puig trips over first base in KBO League mishap

Originally posted on Larry Brown Sports
By Darryn Albert | Last updated 7/22/22

Some three years after we last saw him at the MLB level, Yasiel Puig still has not changed one bit.

The former All-Star outfielder Puig went viral this week for a funny mishap that he got himself into during a game this week. Puig, who is now playing in Korea for the Kiwoom Heroes of the KBO League, skyrocketed a ball to deep left that he thought was a home run. Unfortunately for Puig, he spent some time admiring his work … only for the ball to hit the outfield wall instead. Puig was then forced to kick it into high gear and tripped like one of The Three Stooges as he rounded first base. He was ultimately thrown out at second by a good few feet (with an Olympic-worthy belly flop as well).

Check out the video:

Puig in #KBO! pic.twitter.com/TzDFXNDbZv

— Daniel Kim 대니얼 김 (@DanielKimW) July 22, 2022

Puig, now 31, played seven MLB seasons and was known for these kinds of antics. There were plenty of classic examples of Puig’s grand showboating backfiring on him just as stupendously.

On the bright side, it is definitely not all bad for Puig right now. Self-induced bloopers or not, he is still making a good amount of money to play in Korea.

This article first appeared on Larry Brown Sports and was syndicated with permission.

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