LOS ANGELES — And the Academy Award for best acting by a baseball player goes to … Todd Frazier.
The Mets third baseman on Wednesday recounted his fake catch from two nights earlier, when he leaped into the stands at Dodger Stadium for Alex Verdugo’s popup and convinced umpire Mark Wegner he had made the catch.
Frazier was actually holding a rubber ball in his glove that he had found near him.
“It is Hollywood, so sometimes you have to act out a little bit,” Frazier said before the Mets played their series finale against the Dodgers.