This ballhawk is in a league all his own

 
By Pat Graham
Published: June 29, 2008

DENVER — Zack Hample can beg for a baseball in 32 languages, including Swahili, Swedish and sign.

The baseball-seeking savant from Manhattan has tricks galore to help him snare a prized souvenir at a major league game, like lowering his glove on a string to pluck up a ball resting far below on the warning track during batting practice. Or his "fumbling with a slice of pizza” ploy to sneak past an usher and mo...


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