The Nats’ new catcher was ‘pretty sad’ to get traded. But opportunity awaits.

No one would have blamed Harry Ford for celebrating Saturday.

The team that traded him away, the Seattle Mariners, might as well have been baseball purgatory for a catcher eyeing full-time work in MLB. And his new team, the Washington Nationals? No MVP finalist. No backstop with a six-year, $105 million extension. No big butt that captured hearts across the sport.