Padres star right fielder Fernando Tatis Jr. made his long-awaited return to Major League Baseball last week after serving an 80-game suspension for using performance-enhancing drugs.
The 22-year-old Tatis, who missed the entire 2022 season, has had a slow start in his return, collecting just five hits in 22 at-bats through five games.
San Diego kicked off a series with the Cubs at Wrigley Field on Tuesday night and the fans in the bleachers had fun taunting Tatis with steroid chants that could be heard on the broadcast.
Tatis seemed to have some fun, too, because he reacted to those chants by dancing.
Check this out:
Fernando Tatis Jr. just dancing through the “he’s on steroids” heckling at Wrigley 💀 pic.twitter.com/F58JQwhHE6
— Jomboy Media (@JomboyMedia) April 26, 2023
MLB fans had reactions:
Incredible.
— Ben Verlander (@BenVerlander) April 26, 2023
The outfield crowd has been heckling Tatis all game. They started chanting “He’s on steroids.” He turned it into a dance.
The kid is back. Close your eyes if you hate fun.
pic.twitter.com/7iNsdewzVg
I cannot stress how much I love Fernando Tatis Jr. dancing on his haters
— Calico Joe (@CalicoJoeMLB) April 26, 2023
Could become the biggest superstar heel MLB has seen since A-Rod if he really wanted to be pic.twitter.com/529Z5fopty
There has never been a better comeback https://t.co/aFKBuq6xoH
— A+-Draft-Grade-Giver (@FLEXcellent) April 26, 2023
I love this man 😸🕺🏽🕺🏽🕺🏽 https://t.co/XxrktF3417
— erica (@vsqz0305) April 26, 2023
steroid cheat and dancing while his team is losing cool cool. lol he’s your franchise player?? lol https://t.co/lppig3PuBT
— matthew aron gonzales (@iammattgonzales) April 26, 2023
