Padres right fielder Fernando Tatis Jr. has enjoyed being back in baseball this season after incurring an 80-game suspension for PED use on Aug. 12, 2022.
On April 26—six games into his return—Cubs fans greeted Tatis Jr. with chants of “He’s on steroids” from the Wrigley Field bleachers, to which Tatis Jr. responded with a goofy dance. The next night, he went 2-for-5 with three RBIs in a 5–3 Padres win.
The Tatis Jr. comeback tour continued Friday night, when San Diego opened a three-game series against the Yankees in New York. Once again greeted with NSFW chants and gestures making reference to his suspension, Tatis Jr. responded by getting down on one knee and conducting the crowd in a Leonard Bernstein-like fashion.