Sparkplug

[stoutfellow]

In an exciting but ultimately disappointing loss to Pittsburgh yesterday, Fernando Tatis Jr. led off the scoring by *tagging up on a pop-up to second base*. The throw home beat him and he was initially called out, but the call was appealed and, on review, it was ruled that he had slapped the plate just before being tagged.

Tatis is already bidding fair to be the best shortstop ever to play for San Diego, and that list includes people like Ozzie Smith, Garry Templeton, and Tony Fernandez. He's that good, at the plate, on the bases, and in the field.