Baseball’s most obnoxious fan lived as much as his repute.
Zack Hample, the widely-loathed grownup baseball collector who attends a whole lot of video games in pursuit of acquiring stray balls, introduced his act to Coors Discipline throughout the Rockies’ collection with the Cardinals.
The 44-year-old claims to have collected greater than 11,000 stray balls from MLB stadiums, rising his repute after snagging Alex Rodriguez’s 3,000th profession hit and Mike Trout’s first profession residence run. Hample research spray charts of hitters within the video games he attends, to be able to know the place greatest to take a seat and place himself for residence runs and foul balls.
Within the course of, nonetheless, Hample leaves little regard for these round him. He’s been seen trying to field out youngsters, breaking stadium guidelines for higher positioning/entry and berating different followers.
None of that modified in Colorado.
In two vlogs he posted, Hample chastises Coors Discipline safety for implementing its guidelines. He features a video he recorded throughout the incident, which begins as Hample makes an attempt to enter a prohibited space to chase a house run ball.
“All proper, it’s a house run ball, I’m gonna go for a house run ball,” Hample instructed the guard.
“No, you’re not! I don’t care,” the guard replied.
“Come on, don’t be that strict, Hample mentioned. “That’s ridiculous. Telling me I can’t transfer 10 ft for a house run is ridiculous. Cease implementing BS guidelines that you just make up on the spot. It’s a house run ball, individuals can attempt to catch a house run.”
The guard defined to Hample his ticket was not eligible for the part he was trying to disrupt.
Then, Hample claims he was approached by a bigger group of safety guards. He launched a video during which a guard tells him he should keep in his seat, or be requested to go away the stadium. Hample complied.
“I’ll keep in my seat, however I need you guys to know the way awful the fan expertise is right here,” Hample mentioned. “This actually stinks, I've to say. Actually actually actually stinks. You guys don’t know how you can deal with individuals. It’s not good. Huge L. You guys get an F on the fan expertise.”
Hample’s antics have earned him ample criticism and detractors throughout MLB. Clayton Kershaw notably rejected his request for a baseball in 2017, telling him “No, you bought 7,000 of ’em.” Hample got here beneath warmth a yr prior, when he illegally acquired a ticket to the Fort Bragg Recreation that was supposed just for lively obligation army personnel and their mates and households.
A plethora of media retailers, together with The Put up, have dubbed him baseball’s most hated fan.
It appears to be a becoming title.
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