Before we talk about Joey Votto and L'Affaire Foul Ball, we'll not bury the lede: The Reds beat the Cardinals on Tuesday night via Scott Schebler walk-off home run. Please regard:

All right. Now that you've been apprised of decisive Cincinnati baseball events, let's get back to Mr. Votto.

In the top of the seventh, Votto ranged toward the wall along the first-base line in an effort to retire Stephen Piscotty on a harmless pop-up. The ball, however, ambled on to the fan side of things, and a brief paying customer-player entanglement ensued.

Please relive via the magic of the Magnavox color television embedded below:

All right. So Votto was miffed because one does not squander outs when one is playing behind the commode fired from a cannon that is the Reds bullpen. On the other hand, maybe don't touch the fan. As you saw, though, amends were made in the form of a lovingly inscribed baseball and posed photographs.

A closer glimpse:

In this space we have on prior occasion referred to Joey Votto as "baseball's greatest troll." He's still that, of course, but now he can be plausibly the titular character of a children's book called, "The Troll Who Thought About What He Had Done and Then Said He Was Sorry."