Of his run last night to grab children and bring them to safety, Fernando Tatis Jr. said he was protecting family. His actual family is not here. He considers his teammates’ family his.
“There were little kids. I felt like somebody needed to go get them.”
In the midst of confusion & then some fear, my lasting image from tonight will be looking down on the field to see 22-year-old Fernando Tatis Jr. emerging from clubhouse and sprinting down the 3B line to grab his family & pull them to safety.
I thought I admired the kid before.
Jake Peavy will throw out the first pitch before Game 4 of the NLDS on Saturday — on the night Joe Musgrove starts for the Padres.
Musgrove wears No. 44 in honor of Peavy.
On Saturday, Peavy will wear Musgrove’s No. 44 jersey.
Padres TV play-by-play man Don Orsillo has agreed to a long-term extension that will likely lead to him remaining with the organization the rest of his career (and keep him fishing from his balcony in Coronado).