On Monday night San Diego’s Fernando Tatis Jr. did what he is paid to do and hit a grand slam on a 3-0 pitch that gave the Padres an 11-run lead.
In the process, he angered a bunch of people, including members of the Texas Rangers, because of one of those dumb unwritten rules in baseball that losers still follow.
Well, on Tuesday against the very same Rangers, Tatis continued to do what he’s paid to do – he stole third base with San Diego leading the game 6-0.
Tatis, who was wrong to apologize for his grand slam, was right to do this:
Fernando Tatis Jr stole third base when the Padres were up 6-0 đź‘€
He is now tied for the most steals in the league!
(via @mlb)pic.twitter.com/gwa1bBQYyK
— FOX Sports: MLB (@MLBONFOX) August 18, 2020
That is so awesome. What made it even more awesome is that he did that against the pitcher who threw behind Manny Machado on Monday night after Tatis hit his grand slam.
Sorry, unwritten rules dorks. This is great.
LEGEND
— Sir Frosburg (@Boltsbooth) August 18, 2020
Somebody find Goose Gossage, we need a ruling here.
— Brad Williams (@FuriousBrad) August 18, 2020
Is the Texas manager going to act like this again,? pic.twitter.com/fwclFxIVJT
— Zig Fracassi (@ZigFracassi) August 18, 2020
That’s just AWESOME 👏 #LetTheKidsPlay
— Paul Pagnato III (@NYYPags) August 18, 2020
So people are mad because the guy hustles? Who cares about the score. I want my players playing hard no matter the score.
— mikewildcat (@mikewildcat7) August 18, 2020
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