Ball collector Zack Hample collected some virtual flying objects thrown his way on social media after compiling numerous souvenirs at Sunday night’s Major League Baseball game at Fort Bragg reserved for military personnel and their family members.
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That’s the nagging question left over from MLB’s patriotic festivities.
“Oh yes! Martin Prado just tossed this to me after the 3rd inning”, he wrote on Twitter during the game.
Even Laurence Leavy, otherwise known as Marlins Man, chimed in.
In fact, Hample boasted of collecting eleven balls, a skill he told Breitbart Sports last season that comes with understanding “the players’ tendencies, know [ing] how to judge and catch long fly balls, and hop [ping] over rows of seats easily”. “His attendance also precluded a now serving military member from attending this historic Fourth of July event”.
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, catching flak instead of free baseballs for a change, insisted Sunday night that everything was above board.
Many, including the 82nd Airborne Division, which is headquartered on the base, were not too happy that he had gotten into the game.
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The 38-year-old said he got the ticket through a friend, donated $100 to charity for every ball caught and gave 10 out of the 11 balls he snagged to kids.
