Yasiel Puig gives Dodgers fan a souvenir after knocking her tooth out
The Dodgers’ Yasiel Puig points skyward after hitting a solo home run in the eighth inning against the New York Yankees on Monday.
In case you didn’t notice, Dodger Nation was out in full force during the Dodgers’ three-game interleague series against the Yankees in New York earlier in the week. But for one Dodgers fan, it’ll be a memorable series, to say the least.
After catching the final out of Monday’s 8-2 win over the Yankees, Yasiel Puig was besieged by a chorus of fans calling for the souvenir. So he obligingly tossed the ball into the seats. Unfortunately, it struck Dodgers fan Alyssa Gerharter in the mouth, knocking out a front tooth.
She was attended by ushers and then sent to the hospital where her tooth was reinserted and she hopes it will fuse with the bone, which will avoid the need for a replacement incisor, according to the New York Daily News.
In the end she was a good sport about it.
Puig was appropriately concerned about Gerharter, and to show how bad he felt about the incident, he paid her a visit and together they held a sign with the hashtag “#PuigMyTooth.” Those who find the message familiar may remember Puig tweeted out “#PuigYourFriend” to Rams quarterback Jared Goff in late April when they engaged in a little Twitter feud about the Dodgers-Giants rivalry.
Puig even included a signed baseball.
Apparently, Gerharter also attended Wednesday’s game, but there was no tooth incident this time
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