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Zack Hample, Who Caught Alex Rodriguez’s 3000th Hit, Plans to Keep Baseball for Now
(AP Photo/Winslow Townson, File)
D.J. Short, NBC SPORTS
NEW YORK (NBC Sports) — Alex Rodriguez hit a home run for his 3,000th hit last night and the ball ended up in the hands of Zack Hample, a Yankees season ticket holder who is well known for snagging home run balls. He claims to have caught 8,161 baseballs at stadiums around the country and has even wrote books about it.
That Hample caught the historic homer was interesting, especially in light of what he tweeted (it has since been deleted) on Thursday night in response to a question about what he would do if he caught it:
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