San Diego Padres star Fernando Tatis Jr.received the full Yankee Stadium treatment on Friday. The shortstop-turned-outfielder, who was suspended for PEDs in the second-half of 2022 and to open the 2023 season, received “steroid” chants from Yankees fans on Friday night, video per Talkin’ Baseball.
Fernando Tatis Jr understood prior to the season that he was going to receive treatment like this from fans on the road. He even admitted that he was planning to embrace it.
“You can’t be loved everywhere,” Tatis Jr said previously, per Bill Shaikin of the Los Angeles Times. “I’m definitely going to look forward to those boos and to the applause.”
Tatis Jr emerged as one of the best players in baseball during the 2021 season. He was forced to miss the beginning of the 2022 campaign due to injury, but was expected to make a second-half return for a Padres ball club with legitimate playoff aspirations.
San Diego still ended up reaching the postseason, but they did so without Tatis Jr following his PED-related suspension.
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