Padres Manager Jayce Tingler Is Wrong for Scolding Fernando Tatis Jr.

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As Joe alluded to in his daily screengrabs post today, we have another baseball unwritten rules situation on our hands and you'd be hard pressed to find one that is stupider than Fernando Tatis Jr. getting scolded for hitting a grand slam on a 3-0 pitch when the Padres were leading the Rangers 10-3 in the top of the eighth.




Here's Padres manager Jayce Tingler saying that Tatis Jr. swung through a take sign on 3-0 when San Diego had a "comfortable lead":






Tatis Jr. essentially apologized for not knowing the unwritten rule:






Tatis Jr. has absolutely nothing to apologize for. A seven-run lead with two Rangers at-bats still to come is hardly insurmountable -- and even if it were, his job is to hit and their job is to get him out.

The unwritten rules of baseball continue to do be some of the dumbest things in sports.

 





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Ryan Glasspiegel grew up in Connecticut, graduated from University of Wisconsin-Madison, and lives in Chicago. Before OutKick, he wrote for Sports Illustrated and The Big Lead. He enjoys expensive bourbon and cheap beer.