My eyes were on the ball the entire time. ![]() Tatis chuckled when asked about third base coach Matt Williams having given him the “stop” sign. “I just feel like when stuff like that is happening, just everything’s kind of getting like slow motion, and I’m just ahead of it.” “Being in the game, drilling on the game,” he said. Here is the sequence of events on the play that resulted in the Padres going from a 1-0 deficit to a 2-1 advantage: Shortstop Wander Franco was charged with two errors on the play, missing a throw to second that it appeared Tatis would have beat and sailing a throw home Tatis may or may not have beat. Tatis was on first base when Juan Soto dribbled a ball in front of home plate. Perhaps the most incredible thing about what Tatis did yesterday was how unsurprising it is that he was the one, in the words of Joe Musgrove, “kind of setting the tone for the whole game” with his bold run home in the third inning and then the one, in the words of Bob Melvin, making “the play of the game” throwing out a runner at the plate in the eighth inning. But what he did yesterday was sensational in its own right and more crucial to the outcome. ![]() What Tatis did in taking over Wednesday’s game against the Guardians was perhaps more remarkable. You can read about how the Padres won and the large role Tatis played in that victory in my game story ( here).īut let’s start our morning going a little deeper on the two huge contributions made by the guy who so far in June leads the National League in OPS (1.317), on-base percentage (.500), stolen bases (tied with seven) and outfield assists (four). The Padres beat the Rays 5-4 yesterday in large part because Tatis dabbled in a bit of both types of chaos, where in certain moments he appears to operate in a different dimension than everyone else on the field. He refers often to the “chaos” he loves to create and the “chaos” in which he thrives.
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