SignOnSanDiego.com · Apr 2, 2019
Fernando Tatis Jr. swats first MLB homer
Padres rookie Fernando Tatis Jr., right, is congratulated by Manny Machado after hitting a two-run home run during the sixth inning of a baseball game against the Arizona Diamondbacks at Petco Park April 1, 2019 in San Diego, California.A nurse by trade, Darrell Amio is not particularly well versed in the art of the deal. The 30-year-old San Diegan wasn’t exactly sweating it after running down Fernando Tatis Jr.’s first big league home run Monday night, a two-run homer in the sixth inning at Petco Park.
The ball belongs Tatis.
Amio is happy to give it him.
“For me, it means a lot, but for him it’s going to be way more,” Amio said. “It’s an honor to be able to get it and give it to him.”