Padres shorstop Fernando Tatis Jr. hit a late grand slam on a 3-0 pitch in a lopsided win which triggered a discussion about unwritten rules.
The San Diego Padres defeated the Texas Rangers 14-4 Monday and it was capped off by a Fernando Tatis Jr. grand slam. Tatis swung away on a 3-0 pitch in the 8th inning to drive in the final four runs for the Padres.
Tatis connecting on this pitch and hitting a grand slam apparently made the Rangers mad and this triggered the whole nonsense conversation about unwritten rules.
Here’s the deal, you can take those unwritten rules and throw them right in the garbage. Don’t want to give up a grand slam on a 3-0 pitch? Don’t throw the fourth pitch in the strike zone. Better yet, don’t let the bases become loaded in the first place.
The batter has every right to swing with the bases loaded up by a ton of runs. Pour on the runs every chance you can to make it impossible for the other team to come back.
Also it is worth noting that for a team so concerned with unwritten rules and sportsmanship they had zero problem throwing behind Manny Machado in the next at-at.
Texas needs to figure out just what side they are on, because actions like this do not help their case. Acting like a child does not promote anything positive and that is what happened when Machado was thrown at.
Fernando Tatis Jr. needs to do one thing and one thing only. Swing away and do not concern yourself with archaic unwritten rules that are only championed by those who are completely out of touch with reality.
