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Giants fans salty about Fernando Tatis Jr.’s very normal home run trot (Video)

Alicia de Artola
Alicia de Artola

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San Diego Padres shortstop Fernando Tatis Jr. (D. Ross Cameron-USA TODAY Sports)

San Francisco Giants fans heartily booed Fernando Tatis Jr. after the Padres shortstop did a stutter step while rounding third on a home run trot.

Fernando Tatis Jr. is one of the most exciting young players in baseball. He’s also one of the most controversial because he has the audacity to … *checks notes* … jog around the bases after a home run.

Tatis Jr. got a round of boos when he hit a home run in the third inning against the Giants and did a bit of a stutter step as he rounded third base.

Fernando Tatis Jr. was booed for how he rounded the bases vs. the Giants

See it for yourself here:

https://twitter.com/MLBONFOX/status/1438604906739339278

Fans being less than thrilled about watching their team give up a home run makes sense. The Padres star was always going to draw their ire.

Still, that home run trot itself wasn’t anything to be salty over.

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Alicia de Artola

Alicia de Artola

Alicia de Artola is an editor at FanSided.com, covering college football and basketball, NFL, MLB, NBA, English Premier League, Formula 1 and much more. She has more than a decade of experience in sports, and co-hosts Reign of Troy Radio, the popular USC football podcast. She’s covered games and practices, taken photos on the sidelines and interviewed Trojans legends as a USC beat writer from 2016 to 2019. Since 2020, she has taken a broader national focus, writing about every sport under the sun, including major events from the College Football Playoff and Super Bowl to the World Series and NBA Finals. A member of the Football Writers Association of America and Association for Women in Sports Media, de Artola joined FanSided in 2012 and has since been inducted into the FanSided Hall of Fame. She lives with her husband and border collie in Los Angeles.