Puig has suspension for obscene gesture rescinded
Yasiel Puig caught a break.
The Los Angeles Dodgers outfielder had his one-game suspension for giving fans in Cleveland the middle finger earlier this month rescinded, according to Ken Gurnick of MLB.com.
Puig, who will instead make a charitable donation, flipped off heckling fans while making his way back to the dugout following a home run at Progressive Field on June 13.
Yasiel Puig cranks a deep fly ball over the wall in right-center field for his 10th home run of the season, scoring Chris Taylor!!! pic.twitter.com/L2L7uZcuBo
— TheRenderMLB (@TheRenderMLB) June 13, 2017
Major League Baseball chief officer Joe Torre announced a one-game suspension the following day, though Puig appealed.
"People were talking to me before the home run, and they talked to me after the home run," Puig said at the time.
"I reacted that way. I stooped to their level."
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