The white Toyota 4Runner rolled into the parking lot at 4:03 p.m. on Tuesday, and from the passenger seat emerged Yasiel Puig.
A small group awaited him near a soccer field packed with children. Puig smiled as a Dodgers official affixed a microphone to his neckline. He removed his sunglasses and pulled on a "Dodgers Love L.A." T-shirt over a frame that has become an object of interest after his production declined last year.
Several hours after new Manager Dave Roberts completed a series of engagements as part of the Dodgers' preseason caravan, Puig appeared by himself at the Red Shield Youth and Community Center in the Pico-Union neighborhood.