Braves Journal · Jul 15, 2020
Braves Sign Yasiel Puig
It was the Christmas holidays of 2014 as Fredi Gonzalez waltzed into a Honeybaked Ham humming the classic John Denver Christmas jingle “Please, Daddy (Don’t Get Drunk on Christmas)”. He was in line to grab the main course for his holiday celebrations when he heard a hark from behind: “Hey, you’re the manager of the Braves, right?” Fredi replied, “Sure am, and we just signed A.J. Pierzynski“. This is exactly how it happened. Who knew that ham could bring so much goodness to the world?
Now fast forward to July 14th and we get a tweet from a young man, not at a Honeybaked Ham, rather hanging out around Truist Park: