The fan who retrieved the home run ball for Alex Rodriguez's 3,000th hit Friday night plans to keep the prized souvenir -- for now.
Zack Hample, a 37-year-old baseball collector from New York, tweeted during the game that he told the New York Yankees that he was keeping the ball and not giving it back to the designated hitter.
During the game, the Yankees sent team president Randy Levine and chief operating officer Lonn Trost to meet with Hample, but an exchange had not been worked out.
Hample, a Yankees season-ticket holder known for snagging home run balls, claims to have caught 8,161 baseballs across 51 major league stadiums around the country.