Zack Hample, the professional ball-hawk who wrangled the home run ball Alex Rodriguez deposited into the Yankee Stadium seats for his 3,000th hit, claims he was assaulted before Wednesday’s game between the Yankees and Orioles.
Hample, 37, claims a man attacked him in the right-field stands and that the aggressor “was basically throwing punches and absolutely assaulting me like a maniac,” per a report filed by NJ Advanced Media’s Brendan Kuty.
Hample, 37, of Manhattan, told NJ Advance Media that the alleged attack left him with scrapes on his back and forearms. He posted photographs to social media in which he documents the injuries suffered during the incident.