Dodgers bench Yasiel Puig for showing up late
by By Andy McCullough, Los Angeles Times
Sep 26, 2017
3 minutes
LOS ANGELES - The rift between Los Angeles Dodgers manager Dave Roberts and outfielder Yasiel Puig widened Monday as Roberts benched Puig for the second game in a row, this time after Puig showed up late for a pregame activity.
"No one player can be bigger than the team," Roberts said before the Dodgers' 9-3 victory over San Diego in front of 49,419 at Dodger Stadium. "The priority has got to be for all of us. For me, that was a decision that
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