NEW YORK (AP) — The fan at Yankee Stadium who wound up with the ball that Alex Rodriguez launched for his 3,000th hit is holding on to the prize souvenir.
For now, anyway.
"Told the Yankees I'm keeping it," Zack Hample tweeted during the game Friday night.
The 37-year-old Hample describes himself as a pro at catching home run balls, is credited with collecting more than 8,000 of them and has written books about the art.
Hample was sitting in the right-field seats and got the ball Rodriguez hit for a solo home run in the first inning against Detroit.