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Professional baseball catcher snags 2 balls during Red Sox final ALDS game

Professional baseball catcher snags 2 balls during Red Sox final ALDS game
WHERE THE EXCITENEMT IS BUILDING AND IT WILL KEEP ON BUILNG,DI JOSH? >> IT IS, BUT I WILL TLEL YOU, RED SOX FANS AND PLAYERS WILL HAVE TO WAIT A FEW DAYS UNTIL THEIR NEXT GAME AND A FEW DAYS BEFORE BASEBALLSO G FLYING OUT OF THE PARK. >> THIS IS OUR YR.EA >> FANS OF THE RED SOX ARE PUMPED FOR THE ALCS. THEN THERE IS CHZA HAMPEL, EXCITED FOR THE NEXT RNDOU OF BASEBALL, BUT NOT TO CHEER ON THE SOCKS. HE HAS DIFFERENT ASPIRATIONS. >> THISS I RAFFAELLA, THIS IS FRANCO. THE DIFFERENCE IS BAD ONSE LITTLE SCUFF MARKS ON ETH LOGOS. >> HE SHOULD KNOW, HE’S A PROFESSIALON CATCHER. NOT CROUCHING IN THE DIRT, BUT SNAGGING THEM JUST ABOUT EVERYWHERE ELSE AROUND THE PK.AR LAST NIGHT IN DEAD CENTER. >> I SPECIFICALLY PICK TO THOSE TICKETS FOR THAT GAME BEUSCAE I KNEW IT WAS A GOOD SPOT FOR HOME RUEW IT WAS A GOOD SPOT FOR HOME NS. >> HE HAS A YOUTUBE CHANNEL WITH THOUSANDS OF FOLLOWERS BUT NOT QUITE AS MANY BASEBALLS. >> INCLUDING PRACTICE, TOSS UPS, FOUL BALLS, ANY POSSIBLE WAY TO GET ONE, 11,656. THAT INCLUSDE THE SEVEN I GOT YESTERDAY, FIVE THAT IN PRACTICE, MOST OF WHICH I GAVE AWAY SCOTT KNEW FROM THE GAME THAT I’MEE KPING. FAX BACK TO NEW YORK NOW, HE’S HOPING TO RETURN FOR GEAM THREE ON MONDAY. OPPONENT TBD DOESN’T SLEL T-SHIRTS, MEANING THERE IS A PAUSE ON THE GEAR AT THE TEAM STEOR, HERALDING THE LATEST ACCOMPLISHMENT. >> THE DUELING ITEM IS WHAT WE DO. RED SOVERSX US FILL-IN THE BLANK. >>ANK. IT’S EITHER GOING TO BEHE T ASTROS OR THE WHITE SOX. THAT COULD BE DETERMINED TSHI AFTERNOON. BY THE WAY, THE OTHER MERCHANDISE CHALLENGE, YOU GUESD
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Professional baseball catcher snags 2 balls during Red Sox final ALDS game
There are fans of the Boston Red Sox pumped for the American League Championship Series, and then there’s Zack Hample.He’s excited for the next round of baseball at Fenway, but not just to cheer on the Sox. He has different aspirations.“This is Rafael Devers’ and this is the Wander Franco ball. I can tell the difference just based on little scuff marks on the MLB logos,” Hample said.Hample should know. He is a professional baseball catcher. He snags them just about everywhere around the park. Monday night it was in dead center.“I specifically picked those tickets just for that game because I knew it was a good spot for home runs,” Hample said.He has a YouTube channel with thousands of followers.“I do, actually, have an exact count. So yeah, including batting practice, toss-ups, foul balls, like any possible way to get one, the number is 11,656 and that includes the seven that I got yesterday. Five in batting practice, most of which I gave away to kids and the two during the game, which I’m keeping,” Hample said.Back home in New York, Hample is hoping to return to Fenway for ALCS Game 3 on Monday.

There are fans of the Boston Red Sox pumped for the American League Championship Series, and then there’s Zack Hample.

He’s excited for the next round of baseball at Fenway, but not just to cheer on the Sox. He has different aspirations.

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“This is Rafael Devers’ and this is the Wander Franco ball. I can tell the difference just based on little scuff marks on the MLB logos,” Hample said.

Hample should know.

He is a professional baseball catcher. He snags them just about everywhere around the park. Monday night it was in dead center.

“I specifically picked those tickets just for that game because I knew it was a good spot for home runs,” Hample said.

He has a YouTube channel with thousands of followers.

“I do, actually, have an exact count. So yeah, including batting practice, toss-ups, foul balls, like any possible way to get one, the number is 11,656 and that includes the seven that I got yesterday. Five in batting practice, most of which I gave away to kids and the two during the game, which I’m keeping,” Hample said.

Back home in New York, Hample is hoping to return to Fenway for ALCS Game 3 on Monday.