Zack Hample ballhawking at Comerica Park
He catches b***s. Now he"s catching heat.
Zack Hample the guy who held Alex Rodriguez"s 3,000th hit ball hostage looks like he"s in some hot water.
The issue: Twitter users are accusing Hample of paying for a ticket that should have gone to a Department of Defense member or MLB employee.
Hample, 38, shouldn"t have been allowed inside the game between the Marlins and Braves at Fort Bragg because tickets to the game were non-transferrable and those who attended and didn"t fall in either of those categories could be removed, fans said.
Apparently, this wasn"t OK:
Hample, a noted ballhawk who exchanged Rodriguez"s milestone ball for a sweet deal with the Yankees and a $150,000 charitable donation, defended himself, however.
Hample was recently back in the news. Last week, he complained when Brian McCann"s home run smashed him in the face and when he tried catching Didi Gregorius" home run, but instead got "body-slammed" by a fan.
Before giving back A-Rod"s 3,000th hitball, he mocked a fan who returned Derek Jeter"s 3,000th hit ball for free. Hample has said he"s caught approximately 9,000 b***s.
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Source: http://www.nj.com/yankees/index.ssf/2016/07/man_who_held_alex_rodriguezs_3000th_hit_hostage_in.html
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