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GOODYEAR Corey Dickerson Jersey , Ariz. (AP) — favorite color.Cincinnati’s new outfielder appeared in his fourth spring game Thursday, hitting a two-run homer in a 10-8 loss. It was his first home run since moving from glittering Hollywood with the Los Angeles Dodgers to the Queen City in a blockbuster deal which also sent outfielder Matt Kemp, pitcher Alex Wood and infielder Kyle Farmer to the Reds in December.Puig has looked good on the field so far, and he’s also been himself off of it, feeling at home in a welcoming climate new manager David Bell has sought to provide.“I had seen him play so that was my only experience with him,” Bell said of Puig. “He’s been great to have in camp. He’s happy to be here. He brings great energy to what he does every day. He’s been a good teammate. It goes for all our players — we want them to be comfortable being themselves and he certainly is and we think it’s great.“More than anything that stands out is his energy and he is happy to be here,” Bell said. “He likes it here. He says he likes red. I think he does like red, but I think it also means he likes being here and that’s important to us.”The Reds hired Turner Ward as hitting coach this offseason, a job he held with the Dodgers from 2016-18. Puig appeared to love working with Ward Austin Meadows Jersey , often giving him kisses on the cheek last season in the dugout as a thank you after big hits.“Yasiel is very flamboyant and exciting,” Ward said. “It wouldn’t matter if he was playing in a college game. He’ll be the same. It’s not going to be the city, it’s the person. The person will bring the energy and that style.“We want them to have the freedom to do the things they do. I don’t have to act a certain way or do a certain thing. That’s where I believe David is coming from and as a staff we’re coming from. ‘Hey, be you — you is good enough.'”Kemp, who has been traded four times, was looking forward to seeing what Puig, 28, will do with the Reds.“I’ve known him forever,” Kemp said. “It’s fun Colin Moran Jersey , it’s entertaining. You get a lot of laughs out of it. He keeps everybody loose and keeps everybody wondering what he’s going to do next.”On Monday, Puig put on a show during a 14-pitch plate appearance against the Mariners that ended in a walk. The showdown included a tongue wag, some hip shaking and a bat toss after finally drawing the free pass.The plan is to have Puig primarily play right field, but he’ll get some time in center field this spring as well.“We know he can do it,” Bell said. “I know he believes he can play both, which is great.”As long as he’s in red, Puig should be happy. It’s the color of his glove as well as his new uniform.“It’s his favorite color,” Ward said. “He is going to bring energy every day.”NOTES: RHP Sonny Gray, who has been sidelined with elbow stiffness David Freese Jersey , threw off the mound Saturday and said it was “the best day thus far.” After being acquired from the Yankees in January, he said he expects to be ready by the start of the season. “Everything’s progressing how we thought it would,” Gray said. … LHP Alex Wood is not scheduled yet for his next spring game. Bell said they wanted to give Wood time to work on things. After six years of covering the Dodgers, I’ve decided to step aside to focus on things away from baseball."After six years of covering the Dodgers, I’ve decided to step aside to focus on things away from baseball. 2018 was a challenging year personally and the time is right to move on.I’ll still hang around the site in the future and will be in charge until someone takes my place.It’s been a wild ride that has given me more opportunities than I could’ve imagined and memories that I will tell my grandchildren about someday. They won’t know the summer sound of Vin Scully while watching a Dodger game, but they’ll hear about the time I had a conversation with the Legend while unknowingly wearing chocolate from a cookie on the side of my face.I’ll probably skip the time another writer introduced me to Ron Cey and I said “hi, I’m Ron” as I extended my hand to greet him. Don’t worry, I played it off well because sometimes Ryan sounds like Ron if you mumble.I’ll never forget the friendships I’ve made and the conversations we’ve had. I learned a lot from Eric Stephen and will always be grateful for his help over the years before and after he brought me on at True Blue LA. I still don’t know how he was able to post so much, the man is a machine.Taking over this season wouldn’t have happened if there wasn’t a great group of people to help along the way. Each and every person who contributes — both in posts and comments — to making this site what it is http://www.padresfanproshop.com/authentic-brad-hand-jersey , will continue to do so as a new leader emerges.The journey started so randomly for me towards the end of 2012. Four episodes into a podcast I had started with a friend, I was offered a spot at Valley Bay News to cover the Dodgers as they started a new site. I hadn’t ever given a thought to writing until the moment I was contacted about doing so.By July of 2015, I joined TBLA to handle the Facebook page and occasionally contribute. As a lifelong Dodger fan, I’ve been fortunate to experience Dodger Stadium and the team in a way not too many fans will.It’s not every day you sit in the Dodger dugout during batting practice, listening to Andre Ethier and Eric talk about what 1980s song Ethier should be using as his walk-up music.The Dodgers made the postseason every year I covered the team and the last couple have been stressful. I hardly slept during the postseason because of the long extra innings, but I loved every minute of covering a World Series in person. I look forward to watching them finally win another championship, hopefully next year.For now, I say goodbye to baseball.