Lots of commotion on Monday when Fernando Tatis Jr. broke baseball’s “unwritten rules” by swinging at a 3-0 pitch and knocking a grand slam out of the ball park.

His manager, Jayce Tingler wasn’t a fan, nor was the opposing manager, Chris Woodward, and Tatis later apologized for something that shouldn’t ever require an apology.

Following the grand salami, Rangers pitcher Ian Gibaut decided to throw behind Manny Machado, which is extremely corny. He was suspended three games for that, and Woodward one game, though Gibaut was allowed to play Tuesday night while appealing.

So in the second game of this Padres/Rangers series, Gibaut was on the mound, two outs, San Diego up 6-0, and Tatis decided to steal third:

Awesome. Words cannot express how much I love this. Here’s Fernando Tatis Jr. flipping the figurative double birds at Gibaut while taking baseball’s lexicon of unwritten rules and placing it firmly into the incinerator, with the other apocryphal writings.


I haven’t bought a piece of baseball apparel since 2009 (a Cliff Lee shirsey), but if Tatis continues this heretical and refreshing behavior then I might have a Padres jersey overnighted to Fishtown. Sorry Bruce Springsteen, but Fernando Tatis Jr. is now the boss.

The Padres won 6-4 and are leading this series 2-0. Two more games tonight and tomorrow.