* Do a little dance….Get down tonight

September 19, 2008

Zack Hample, who has made a cottage industry about snagging foul and batting practice balls at the stadium, pulled off a coup this week when he caught home runs on consecutive nights at Yankee Stadium. Evidently it’s a rare feat, according to this profile in Newsday.

Hample is the author of How to Snag Major League Baseballs and Watching Baseball Smarter: A Professional Fan’s Guide for Beginners, Semi-experts, and Deeply Serious Geeks.

He celebrated both catches with this “dance” that was captured for posterity:

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