zach hampel has a blog

[Herbert Anchovy]

... about snagging baseballs (all 3,000-plus).

http://snaggingbaseballs.mlblogs.com/

 

[BYH]

This guy is a completely ****ing loser.

Not looser. Loser.

Imagine being almost 30 years old and competing for foul balls with 12-year-old kids. He's an even more pathetic version of Peter King.

He's also written a book about watching baseball better, which I thought was tough to do when all you do is race around the park looking for another baseball to add to your pathetic collection.

 

[pseudo]

Golly gee, that must be an exciting read.

 

[Herbert Anchovy]

RELEVANT STATS:

• 91 balls in 12 games this season = 7.6 balls per game.

• 467 consecutive games with at least one ball

• 3,052 total balls

• 38 days until I'll be at the Home Run Derby...

 

[Chi City 81]

Zach Hampel is infatuated with balls.

 

[zeke12]

BLOGS!!!

 

[BYH]

RELEVANT STATS:

• 10,195 days without seeing female genitalia.

 

[Herbert Anchovy]

Hell, I can't believe the guy found a publisher.

 

[BYH]

Hell, I can't believe the guy found a publisher.

Not a surprise.

He has connections in the publishing industry.

 

[Oz]

I had never heard of this guy until just now.

 

[Chi City 81]

Giving him a chance to proclaim his lifelong obsession without fear of ridicule, Zach Hampel answers an open casting call for the movie "Garden State."

 

[PhilaYank36]

He's actually charging people to follow him to a game and he'll personally show you all the tricks to his trade. The cost? $500 plus a ticket AND the guarantee of getting a ball. What a mother****ing loser.

 

[PhilaYank36]

Oh, a list of other offenses against the game of baseball:

• Wears the hat of both teams in a game to get balls
• Learns other languages just to talk to players to get balls
• When a player throws him a ball, he thinks he has a personal connection with that player.
• Practically wets himself every time he sees Ichiro, Manny and Vlad Guerrero
• Oh, did I mention the dude is single?

 

[BYH]

• Oh, did I mention the dude is single?

I would love to see the reactions of the women he brings home.

"So these are my baseballs."
"I have to go now."

 

[Herbert Anchovy]

He also creates gigantic spheres out of rubber bands.

http://www.zackhample.com/photos/2005/zack_ball_200_pounds2.jpg

 

[BYH]

Read the blog in the next few days.

I guarantee you he mentions this thread. Dude's skin is thinner than Lindsey Lohan after a heroin bender.

 

[Herbert Anchovy]

I hope not. This kid already scares the hell out of me.

 

[Fenian_Bastard]

I think he should get press box credentials myself.
After alll..Jayson Blair! Deadspin! Sports Guy! Future! Damn MSM!
Gurgle, gurgle...meeeeeeeep!

 

[slappy4428]

Read the blog in the next few days.

I guarantee you he mentions this thread. Dude's skin is thinner than Lindsey Lohan after a heroin bender.

Nice visual.

But pretened I;ve never had the knowledge or inclination to know who Zach Hampel is...
Now I;m axing... who is he?

 

[crusoes]

Oh, a list of other offenses against the game of baseball:

• Wears the hat of both teams in a game to get balls
• Learns other languages just to talk to players to get balls
• When a player throws him a ball, he thinks he has a personal connection with that player.
• Practically wets himself every time he sees Ichiro, Manny and Vlad Guerrero
• Oh, did I mention the dude is single?

Wow. Didn't see that coming.

Damn. Where's the sarcasm font kept, again?