Gerardo Parra, then 32, signed with San Francisco in the winter of 2018-19, agreeing on a 1-year/$1.75M minor league deal with the Giants, but he was designated for assignment after putting up a .198/.278/.267 line with three doubles and a home run in just 30 games and 97 plate appearances, and granted free agency on May 7, 2019.
Two days later, Parra joined Washington’s Nationals, and the rest, as they say, is history. The go-ahead grand slam against the LA Dodgers in his second game with his new club, and his Baby Shark walk-up song becoming a phenomenon in the nation’s capital, the dugout home run celebrations/dancing, the World Series win, and the epic tattoo to commemorate it.