Yasiel Puig was late to batting practice on Tuesday, the first anniversary of his Major League debut with the Los Angeles Dodgers.

With the rest of his teammates in uniform and beginning to stretch for batting practice, Puig emerged from the clubhouse wearing a T-shirt, basketball shorts and shower shoes to conduct a TV interview.

Before the interview began, hitting coach Mark McGwire walked up and spoke with Puig, tapping his watch, but Puig went on with the interview.

Don Mattingly benched Puig for the team's home opener for being late for batting practice, but Puig played Tuesday night against the Chicago White Sox.

"Obviously, you don't want your guys to be late for stretch, but I think he just lost track of the schedule," Mattingly said.