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Yasiel Puig, Dale Earnhardt Jr. make fast friends

This multi-sport friendship just might work.

by Eric Stephen
Frank Victores-USA TODAY Sports

What is there to do during a two-hour rain delay in Cincinnati? How about a budding friendship between Dodgers star outfielder Yasiel Puig and Daytona 500 champion Dale Earnhardt Jr.?

That’s OK. Puig has him confused with Richard Petty anyway.

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