Yankees first baseman Chris Gittens collected his first major league hit during the team’s game against the Blue Jays on Tuesday night. As is customary, the Yankees dispatched Eddie Fastook, the team security guard, to secure the baseball Gittens had hit. Players typically save the baseballs marking important milestones in their career, as well as the ones with which they got their first hit, their first home run, or first strikeout. Gittens’ home run baseball had sailed out of Sahlen Field in Buffalo and onto the pavement, where it was grabbed by a fan who wasn’t able to find a ticket to the game.
Milestone baseballs and the Yankees fans who caught them
