Jasen Vinlove/USA Today Sports, via Reuters
WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. — When Nationals catcher Raudy Read connected with a pitch in a game against the Mets on Field 2 Thursday morning, he watched it rocket out to left field. He believed it was a home run, and he trotted all the way to second base before realizing the ball had actually tailed foul. When he returned to home plate, teammates laughed. Mets catcher Travis d’Arnaud welcomed him.
“Did you know it was foul?” d’Arnaud said.
“Nobody told me it was foul,” Read said.
“You need some water?