Fernando Tatis was a pretty good ballplayer. He bounced among five major league teams. He never made an All-Star team. He was traded for the likes of Todd Stottlemyre and Dustin Hermanson.
But he earned the distinction of a career in one night, in a game not fondly remembered by Dodgers fans. On April 23, 1999, Tatis hit two grand slams in one inning at Dodger Stadium, both off Chan Ho Park.
Three months earlier, Tatis had welcomed a son into the family. The son was named Fernando Jr. He grew up to be a spectacularly good ballplayer, so good his signature is the one on the longest contract in baseball history.