LOS ANGELES >> Dodgers hitting coach Turner Ward was rambling a bit Saturday, trying to find the right words. He never found them.
Ward was asked to think of a hitter in Yasiel Puig’s position who overcame a fatal flaw at the plate. Ward didn’t want to name names, for fear of taking any credit for himself. He also didn’t want to embarrass any hitters by not naming them.
OK then. No names. Have you seen a hitter successfully do what Puig is trying to do?
“Oh yes,” he said. “Over and over. Over and over.