The relationship between Los Angeles sports stars Yasiel Puig and Jared Goff got off to a rocky start, but it appears to have been mended Monday.
Goff, the Los Angeles Rams' rookie quarterback taken No. 1 overall in the 2016 NFL Draft, threw out the first pitch at Dodgers Stadium with Puig on the receiving end.
.@JaredGoff16, meet @YasielPuig. 😜#PuigYourFriend pic.twitter.com/ns2xR2BBS0
— Los Angeles Dodgers (@Dodgers) June 7, 2016
No hard feelings. Rams QB Jared Goff, a Giants fan who once said Yasiel Puig should be... https://t.co/9fkBWkB2WF pic.twitter.com/QAdkOMssR5
— Doug Padilla (@DougPadilla) June 7, 2016
Wearing his "#PUIGYOURFRIEND" t-shirt, Puig and Goff chatted on the field, shortly after Goff took some swings in batting practice with a number of other Rams first-year players like Pharoh Cooper, Josh Forrest, Temarrick Hemingway, Tyler Higbee and Mike Thomas.
"We made up a long time ago, but it was good to talk to him," Goff said. "He's a real cool guy. It was funny. It was something I tweeted when I was like 17 years old. He thought it was funny and it's cool to be down here. It's a good chance to meet him through that crazy way."
When Goff got the chance to take some cuts, he did not disappoint.
.@JaredGoff16 taking some cuts in the cage. #RamsBP https://t.co/nHRrOMIDPL
— Los Angeles Dodgers (@Dodgers) June 7, 2016
It was certainly better than Charles Barkley's cage session.
ESPN.com's Doug Padilla contributed to this story.