Yasiel Puig involved in brawl during Venezuelan winter league game, says he was trying to ‘keep everyone calm’

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Former Major League Baseball star Yasiel Puig found himself in the middle of a massive brawl during a Venezuelan Professional Baseball League this week. 

Puig, who plays for Tiburones de La Guaira, was involved in a bench-clearing brawl between his team and Cardenales de Lara, according to the New York Post. 

Tiburones de la Guaira's Cuban baseball player Yasiel Puig watches the Venezuelan Baseball League game between Leones del Caracas and Tiburones de la Guaira at the Simon Bolivar Monumental Stadium in Caracas, on January 7, 2024.  (FEDERICO PARRA/AFP via Getty Images)

Tiburones player Maikel Garcia launched a two-run go-ahead home run in the eighth inning to take a 10-8 lead. 

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Video of the game shows Garcia rounding third base and having words with the Cardenales bench, before slowing down to a walk as he was greeted by his teammates at home plate. 

Both benches cleared, and the two teams squared off on the field. Puig can be seen jawing with a few opposing players before a Cardenales player wildly swings at him. Puig then charges the player, with both teams exchanging punches.

Puig took to social media to express disappointment with how his involvement in the brawl was portrayed in the media, saying he had tried to "keep everyone calm and from nowhere I get hit in head." 

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Tiburones de la Guaira's Cuban baseball player Yasiel Puig throws the ball during the Venezuelan Baseball League game between Leones del Caracas and Tiburones de la Guaira at the Simon Bolivar Monumental Stadium in Caracas, on