Inside his dugout, as the rest of the Dodgers bullpen prepared to protect a lead in Wednesday’s eighth inning, Kenley Jansen extended his arms in front of his chest and unfurled his tongue. It was a dead-on impression of Yasiel Puig, delivered in a location where Jansen is rarely found. Puig and a few others cackled at the imitation before returning to watching the game.
Jansen had time to tease Puig about a disastrous slide — which involved Puig crashing to earth and swallowing dirt at third base — because he did not pitch in a 3-1 victory over the Rangers.