Zack Hample | Zack Hample Writer | Zack Hample Baseball Collector | Major League Stadiums | Hample | Jay Leno | Zack Hample Show

Zack Hample | Zack Hample Writer | Zack Hample Baseball Collector | Major League Stadiums | Hample | Jay Leno | Zack Hample Show

Zack Hample born on 14th September 1977 is a New York based writer and Major League baseball collector.

In 1999, he published the book How to Snag Major League Baseballs, and in 2007 he finished Watching Baseball Smarter, a detailed guide to the intricacies of the game of baseball, which was the eighth best selling American sports book of the year.

Hample wrote part-time for minorleaguebaseball.com from 2005 to 2007 and contributed the foreword for Major League Baseball, An Interactive Guide to the World of Sports in 2008. His third book, tentatively titled The Baseball, Five Ounces and 108 Stitches of Glory, will be published by Vintage Books in March 2011.

As of 9th October 2009, Hample has collected 4,352 baseballs from 46 different Major League stadiums. He acquired his first Major League baseball from a Mets reliever at Shea Stadium on June 20, 1990, snagged his 3,000th ball by using his famous baseball glove trick at Yankee Stadium on May 7, 2007, and set a personal, one-game record with 32 baseballs at Kauffman Stadium on 18th June 2009.

The Yankees’ announcers quickly recognized him from the previous game, and within the next 24 hours the story was covered by ESPN, CBS, NBC, FOX, CNN International, and many other media outlets. Yahoo! Sports initially acknowledged Hample’s snagging skills, but did not know that it was him who made the catches.

On 28th September 2008, Hample caught the last ever New York Mets home run hit at Shea Stadium, this one hit by Carlos Beltran.On 8th October Hample made an appearance on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno. One year later on 9th October, he appeared on The Tonight Show with Conan O’Brien. Prior to his three notable home run catches of 2008, he had been featured on The Rosie O’Donnell Show, the CBS Evening News with Katie Couric, and on an episode of the John O’Hurley version of the game show To Tell The Truth, during which he managed to trick the audience and two of the four celebrities.

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