The baseball player says he was trying to keep everyone calm during the brawl

Puig involved in brawl during Venezuelan winter league game, says he was trying to ‘keep everyone calm’ Former MLB star Puig was involved in a massive bench-clearing brawl during a Venezuelan Professional Baseball League game this week. Puig says he is trying to keep everyone calm.

Yasiel Puig, 33, learned that "no touching of the hair or face" doesn't exist in Venezuelan baseball brawls. Puig is a notorious former MLBer who played for the Los Angeles Dodgers in the 1990s and 2000s. He learned the hard way during a massive brawl in Venezuela.