Mar 27, 2007 zack hample has written three books about baseball and has appeared on dozens of tv and radio shows. Zack hample has procured more than 4,000 baseballs from major. He has collected more than 4,000 baseballs that he caught at dozens of major league games, and he runs a business based on taking people to games and. Hample earns most of his wealth from advertisements on his youtube channel. For devout baseball fans who are trying to draw their reluctant friends and family into the game, zack hample offers help. Hample runs a business called watch with zack and has a popula. In this enlightening, entertaining, and often wildly funny book, zack hample shares ballpark legends and lore, explores the history of the baseball souvenir craze, and also details the evolution of the ball, finally, hamplewho has snagged more than 4,600 balls from 48 different major league stadiumsoffers up his secret methods for. In addition, he is the author of three books that can be purchased on amazon and his website.
He claims that he has collected more than 10,000 baseballs from major league stadiums in north america, including alex rodriguez s 3,000th career hit and mike trout s first career home run. Get this book free when you sign up for a 30day trial. Ive bought a couple of baseball books in the past to help me learn more about the game, but they were pretty tedious. The baseball is a salute to the ball, filled with insider trivia, anecdotes. Watching baseball smarter audiobook by zack hample. Stunts, scandals, and secrets beneath the stitches by. He has snagged more than 4,600 baseballs from 48 different major league stadiums and has appeared on dozens of tv and radio shows.
Zack hample fills the book with a tonne of fascinating stats, stories and facts. A professional fans guide for beginners, semiexperts, and deeply serious geeks by zack hample 2007, paperback at the best online prices at ebay. Read watching baseball smarter a professional fans guide for beginners, semiexperts, and deeply serious geeks by zack hample available from rakuten kobo. My name is zack hample, and ive snagged more than 1 baseballs in the stands at mlb stadiums. Whether youre a major league couch potato, lifelong season ticketholder, or teaching game to a beginner, watching baseball smarter leaves no territory uncovered. Zachary ben hample born september 14, 1977 is an american baseball collector. Zack hample is already famous for collecting nearly 3,000 baseballs all of which he caught or found at major league games. He has snagged more than 4,600 baseballs from 48 different major league stadiums.
Written by zack hample, audiobook narrated by barry abrams. He has snagged over 4,500 baseballs at 47 different major league stadiums and is the author of the critically acclaimed book watching baseball smarter. Mar 08, 2011 in this enlightening, entertaining, and often wildly funny book, zack hample shares ballpark legends and lore, explores the history of the baseball souvenir craze, and also details the evolution of the ball, finally, hamplewho has snagged more than 4,600 balls from 48 different major league stadiumsoffers up his secret methods for. Jul 22, 2015 zack hample, the baseball collector who caught alex rodriguezs 3,000th hit baseball last month, said he was assaulted at yankee stadium on wednesday by a baltimore orioles fan while pursuing a. Jan 01, 2011 one would think, perhaps, with all the many thousands of books written about baseball over the decades now centuries. The latest by selfproclaimed ballhawk hample watching baseball smarter, 2007 brings a whole new dimension to the term inside baseball. The baseball by zack hample, is a book about baseball. Mar 24, 2011 you might call zack hample a baseball fanatic.
This book is likely better to keep around and dip into from time to time than to red straight through. Hample has faced criticism from sportswriters, players, and fans, some of. Zack hample has written three books about baseball and has appeared on dozens of tv and radio shows. In this smart and funny fans guide hample explains the ins and outs of pitching, hitting, running, and fielding, while offering insider trivia and anecdotes that will surprise even the most informed viewers of. Zack hample net worth, biography, age, quotes, records. My name is zack hample, and i have a pretty weird claim to fame. Stunts, scandals, and secrets beneath the stitches. Stuart miller, who lives in brooklyn, new york, writes the baseball themed on scoring column for the new york times.
Take a break from amazon and walmart and check out my familys book store a very special place with countless books and other unusual treasures, including lots of baseball stuff. Jun 19, 2017 zack hample is an adult who has more or less dedicated his life to collecting baseballs, which you can buy online or at a sporting goods store, from the various games he attends. Zack hample, a baseball superfan and popular youtuber, has been to 54 different major league stadiums and snagged more than 10,000 balls in the stands, including mike trouts 1st career home run and alex rodriguezs 3,000th career hit. Zack hample, an obsessive baseball fan, has by his own count. The baseball by zack hample is a catch the declaration. A former guest on the tonight show with both jay leno and conan obrien, hample has written three baseball books how to snag major league baseballs. Zack hample, the baseball collector who caught alex rodriguezs 3,000th hit baseball last month, said he was assaulted at yankee stadium on wednesday by a. Zack hample is an obsessed fan and a professional baseball writer. May 14, 2019 hample s latest book, the baseball, will also be available for sale, and fans with a ticket to the may 30th game can preorder a limited edition tshirt commemorating the experience.
Ive snagged more baseballs in the stands at major league stadiums. The baseball collector my name is zack hample, and ive snagged. Buy a cheap copy of how to snag major league baseballs. Hample has written two books, how to snag major league baseballs and watching baseball smarter. Zack hample wrote the book on how to snag major league baseballs. In contrast to the countless other books celebrating the sport, this one focuses on the ball itselfits history, production, place in. Clayton kershaw owns professional ballhawk zack hample. The baseball is a book filled with stats, and facts about baseball.
Author and guilford alumnus zack hample talks about his life. For example, i didnt know where artificial grass got its name from. The author, zach hample is whats considered a ballhawk someone who has one goal in mind. Apr 07, 2007 for devout baseball fans who are trying to draw their reluctant friends and family into the game, zack hample offers help. Zack hample is proud to share some statistics from his colorful and undeniably persistent career as the most prolific collector of baseballs from major league parks in history. Zack hample is an adult who has more or less dedicated his life to collecting baseballs, which you can buy online or at a sporting goods store, from the various games he attends. Its not about the sport or the history of the game, its about the baseball itself. First, he gives us a history of the baseball, not the game of baseball but the ball itself. Zack hample says he was assaulted at yankee stadium sports. Zack hample is the bestselling author of watching baseball smarter.
This smart and funny fans guide to baseball explains the ins and outs of pitching, hitting, running, and fielding, whil. Meet youtube star zack hample in baseballtown on may 30. Mar 27, 2017 take a break from amazon and walmart and check out my familys book store a very special place with countless books and other unusual treasures, including lots of baseball stuff. Second, he tells us about the thousands of baseballs hes managed to snag at major league games over the years, and offers us specific advice on how we too can catch or pick up or be handed big league baseballs. Every baseball fans dream is going home from a major league game with a snagged baseball, and zack. Watching baseball smarter is a marvelously compact. The baseball ebook by zack hample 9780307742087 rakuten. Dec 24, 2008 in this enlightening, entertaining, and often wildly funny book, zack hample shares ballpark legends and lore, explores the history of the baseball souvenir craze, and also details the evolution of the ball, finally, hamplewho has snagged more than 4,600 balls from 48 different major league stadiumsoffers up his secret methods for. But hample is also a writer covering the minor leagues, a blogger, a former college shortstop and a baseball instructor. Hample runs a business called watch with zack and has a popular blog, the baseball collector, chronicling his obsession.
Zack hample is a guilford alumnus and a selfdiagnosed baseball freak. Hes collected nearly 3,000 baseballs at major league games, which gave him the expertise to write his first book, how to snag major league baseballs, in 1999. Zack hample writes well and is witty enough that this is a good read even if you are only moderately interested in baseball. Behind the scenes at my familys book store youtube. The baseball by zack hample overdrive rakuten overdrive. Baseball in the news, historical and factual stuff, and facts on how to snag a major league baseball. Professional baseball nerd, arkanoid world champion, etc. Fulltime youtuber, published author, and superfan zack hample has been to 57 different major league stadiums and snagged more than 11,000 baseballs including mike trouts 1st career home run and alex rodriguezs 3,000th hit.
In this book, however, zack hample was able to convey not only the rules, but the strategies, the traditions, and his own love for the game and he did it in a witty and entertaining way. In simple terms, its a book about baseballs yes, actual baseballs thatll tell you stuff about the sport that you never wouldve imagined. Hample runs a business called watch with zack and has a popular. Zack hample is the bestselling author of the baseball and watching baseball smarter.
He has snagged more than 4,600 baseballs from 48 different major league stadiums and. Signin to download and listen to this audiobook today. Download for offline reading, highlight, bookmark or take notes while you read the baseball. Zack hample on watching baseball smarter april 7, 2007 for devout baseball fans who are trying to draw their reluctant friends and family into the game, zack hample offers help. Stunts, scandals, and secrets beneath the stitches ebook written by zack hample. Watching baseball smarter by zack hample overdrive rakuten. In his new book the baseball, ballhawk and previous page 2 profile subject zack hample chronicles the history and evolution of his objet damour, offering legends, lore and the basis for some. Hamples latest book, the baseball, will also be available for sale, and fans with a ticket to the may 30th game can preorder a limited edition tshirt commemorating the experience. A baseball book by an obsessive for other obsessives. There have been many books about baseball, but not about the baseball itself, until this book. Hample runs a business called watch with zack and more about zack hample.
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