NHL winger Garnet Hathaway snares foul ball at Red Sox game

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Garnet Hathaway is staying sharp and keeping his eye on the ball as he gears up for free agency over the summer, and he made that clear at a Boston Red Sox game on Sunday night.

Hathaway, a winger who played for the Washington Capitals before being traded to the Boston Bruins in the middle of the 2022-23 season, was at Fenway Park when the Red Sox took on the St. Louis Cardinals. He was settled in his seat at the luxury box level and saw a foul ball coming his way off the bat of Justin Turner.

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Garnet Hathaway, #21 of the Boston Bruins, circles behind the Florida Panthers net in Game Six of the First Round of the 2023 Stanley Cup Playoffs at the FLA Live Arena on April 28, 2023 in Sunrise, Florida. (Joel Auerbach/Getty Images)

Hathaway made a barehanded catch of the foul ball.

"You never think it’s going to happen and then it happens," he told The Associated Press. "I’ve been here for a few hours already. It’s my son’s birthday. We got to bring him around the stadium. It was amazing."

He said he was warned about the possibility of foul balls flying toward him just before Turner popped one at him.

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Garnet Hathaway, #21 of the Boston Bruins, skates prior to the game against the Florida Panthers in Game Four of the First Round of the 2023 Stanley Cup Playoffs at the FLA Live Arena on April 23, 2023 in Sunrise, Florida. (Joel Auerbach/Getty Images)

"One of the concession guys said: ‘Heads up. If it’s a righty batter, they come quick, they come often. Pay attention,’" Hathaway said. "I had just sat down