With one swing of the bat on Monday night Fernando Tatis Jr. angered a bunch of old-school dorks and became a hero to those who actually like it when something fun happens in baseball, which can be a really boring game.
And I’m (not really) sorry to all those unwritten-rules clowns who don’t like it, but Tatis did more great for the game with that grand slam of his on a 3-0 pitch than Rob Manfred has even come close to doing during his pathetic run as commissioner of MLB.
Tatis, if you missed it, made some people mad when he did his job and drove a 3-0 pitch over the wall in a 7-run game in the 8th inning. Apparently the dumb unwritten rules don’t stand for things like that, which is silly and embarrassing for the game of baseball.
For some reason there are still people out there who think professional athletes should stop doing their jobs when they have a big lead, like this is some tee-ball game with 8 year olds who don’t want to hurt the feelings of other 8 year olds.
This isn’t tee ball, though. This is professional baseball. If a team doesn’t like seeing a guy doing something good for their team then maybe they should be better at their jobs and don’t serve up a gopher ball.
Tatis is now a hero to all those, like me, who want those old-school ways to be shot into the sun. He even took it another step further on Tuesday when he stole third base with the Padres leading 6-0. Imagine the arrogance of trying to play the game hard and doing what you can to help your team win!
The only bad thing Tatis has done is apologize for his grand slam. He has nothing to apologize for, at all. Instead, he should be celebrated.
Baseball has had a rough few years, with the Astros cheating their way to a World Series and then having a commissioner who didn’t think any of those players should be punished.
It has felt like baseball would prefer being a niche sport enjoyed by old-timers who don’t want to see things get better and more entertaining, which is just dumb.
Tuesday was a bad day for baseball as the sport was rightly ridiculed by players and fans all day long on Twitter. While the NBA and NHL playoffs continue to deliver an entertaining product, baseball is busy yelling about a guy swinging at a hittable pitch during a game that he is paid to perform in.
Tatis likes to have fun, which is fun. We need more players like Tatis and less of the bores who are offended by someone breaking unwritten rules that are unwritten for a reason – because they are embarrassing.
I hope Tatis swings at every 3-0 pitch he sees for the rest of his career.
And I hope that baseball gets with the times and stops being so damn lame.
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