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shut up baby, i know it
Reggie White once said that players should act like they have been in the endzone before and in all aspects of the game carry themselves with dignity and respect. In Puig's case, being from Cuba, he probably has never experienced the excitement of the big show and all of its trimmings on this level and thus does not know about the traditions of baseball or its professionalism dictate allowing his exuberation to run wild.
However, other players not from Cuba are just as bad and I think all of the traditions and respect for the game went down the krapper when steroids and PED's calamity showed up and Bud Selig as the commish and owner allowed baseball to degrade to the point (like other sports) where players can do just about anything they want and get paid gobs of money to do it or so it seems.
I suppose ole Bud Boy could do like the NFL and fine the dude for excessive celebration but then there would be a lot of pissing going on if he did.
the problem is, he keeps doing it. and an even bigger problem is the "excitement" excuse for why he's doing it, as if he deserves a free pass compared to the thousands and thousands of players who worked this game all the years before him. they had to take the fastballs to the back. they had to brawl for their etiquette mistakes.
maybe he didn't know how to act. i don't buy it, but maybe he didn't. he's had plenty of time though since he was benched, bitched at and told you're not supposed to do this. yet.. still doing it.