The long and sordid saga revolving around the ultimate fate of the ball Alex Rodriguez deposited into the outfield seats at Yankee Stadium for his 3,000th hit has finally reached a resolution.
Zack Hample, a “professional ballhawk” who was uncooperative at best after procuring the baseball after A-Rod’s solo shot in the first inning on June 19, has agreed to turn over the ball to the Yankees after the team agreed to donate $150,000 to Pitch In For Baseball, a charity with which Hample has worked with since 2009.
Hample previously suggested this as a way to reach an amicable resolution with the ball club and Rodriguez, saying a “sizable donation” may do the trick.