Before last night’s game I was thinking back to Juan Soto’s first game as a Padre last season. Almost everyone was in their seats a half hour before the game and he got a standing ovation when he came out of the dugout to go warm up in the outfield. I wondered if Fernando Tatis Jr. was going to get the same reception.
The reception ended up coming close to Soto’s. When Tatis ran out to right field, the Friar Faithful definitely got loud and if I wasn’t sitting in right field watching who was running onto the field I would’ve been able to guess who it was.