Padres fan caught zooming in on Fernando Tatis Jr.’s butt in shameless NLDS video

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New York Post · collected 2026-10-07 · by Grant Young

Quick Summary

During a recent San Diego Padres game against the Milwaukee Brewers, a fan used her phone to take an up-close photo of Fernando Tatis Jr.’s backside while he was kneeling in the outfield. The video, posted by user @linatheemo on X (formerly Twitter), quickly went viral with over 20,000 views. While some fans found it humorous, others noted that such behavior could negatively impact the fan’s social reputation. This incident follows a trend of Padres fans gaining attention through unusual or controversial actions during playoff games.
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Story summary

A Padres fan gained unwanted attention during Tuesday's NLDS game against the Brewers, when she used her phone to zoom in on Fernando Tatis Jr.'s backside while he was taking a knee in the outfield. The video, posted by user @linatheemo and captioned "Caught in 4K #ForTheFaithful," has since gone viral with over 20,000 views. Fans found it humorous but also noted that such behavior could be off-putting to potential romantic interests, especially after another Padres fan’s successful social media dating attempt during a previous playoff game garnered significant attention.

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Grant Young
109 article(s) here · 1 carrying a prediction
🔮 This Padres fan may have gone viral, but the Tatis Jr. close-up probably won’t help her dating prospects.
🔮 At least the NFL is willing to admit when they’re wrong.
🔮 The 28-year-old running back is currently on the Commissioner’s Exempt List after being charged with one count of battery and one count of criminal damage to property after prosecutors alleged he roughed up a woman, identified as “ANM,” at his home in Wisconsin in May.
🔮 Mahomes might have to muster a response to Crosby’s moaning allegations.
🔮 The fan is calling Beer “bad” in the sense that she’s physically attractive while calling “Herbert” bad in the traditional, underperforming sense. Chargers fans were entering the season with hopes that Herbert could get two rings over the next year, one when getting married to Beer and one for winning the Super Bowl.
🔮 And no San Francisco fan will have a problem with how Purdy dresses as long as he keeps donning his 49ers jersey and performing at an NFL MVP-caliber level each weekend.
🔮 Fans will hope that Kellie makes another Instagram post during Game 3 on Tuesday, since it seems to be a good luck charm for her husband.
🔮 Reaves signed a four-year, $185 million contract extension to remain with the Lakers this offseason, and is expected to play a key role for the team this upcoming season.
🔮 49ers fans will have to wait until Monday to get a more definitive update on Juszczyk’s status.
🔮 It sounds like these two might still need to hash a few things out.
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Topics

Brewers Padres Phone San Diego

Subjects

Padres ORG · 7× Tatis Jr.’s PERSON · 2× Brewers ORG · 1× Fernando Tatis Jr. PERSON · 1× San Diego GPE · 1× Tatis Jr. PERSON · 1×

Narrative

X user @linatheemo posted a video of a Padres fan zooming in on Tatis Jr.’s butt with her Phone camera while he was taking a knee in the outfield during Tuesday’s game.
framing: assertive · carried by 1 article(s) · first seen 2026-10-07
🔮 This Padres fan may have gone viral, but the Tatis Jr. close-up probably won’t help her dating prospects.

Claims (12 extracted, 1 hedged)

Padres superstar Fernando Tatis Jr. went hitless in his team’s 4-3 win over the Brewers on Tuesday night. asserted
Jr. → go → night
But one Padres fan was more worried about how his butt looked. asserted
butt → look → ?
X user @linatheemo posted a video of a Padres fan zooming in on Tatis Jr.’s butt with her Phone camera while he was taking a knee in the outfield during Tuesday’s game. asserted
he → post → game
The fan, who was wearing a Padres hat backward, snapped a photo of the 27-year-old’s backside when she was content with the photo. asserted
she → wear → photo
Caught in 4K #ForTheFaithful #Padres #SanDiego,” the post was captioned. asserted
post → catch → K
It has since gone viral, amassing over 20,000 views since it was posted Tuesday night. asserted
it → go → views
Fans find it hilarious how shameless the fan is with this photo. asserted
fan → find → photo
Then again, the fan surely had no idea they were being recorded while capturing a photo of Tatis Jr.’s backside. asserted
they → have → backside
This isn’t the first Padres fan to go viral for a romantic storyline this postseason. asserted
This → go → storyline
Another San Diego fan got a ton of attention for using social media to find a date to a wild-card game. asserted
fan → get → game
This fan was successful in finding their date, largely because their initial post got so much traction. asserted
post → find → traction
This Padres fan may have gone viral, but the Tatis Jr. close-up probably won’t help her dating prospects. uncertain
up → go → prospects
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