This chapter talks about how Zack became a well known ball-hawk. zack has only asked for ball once and it was when he was younger, he had to ask in spanish to get it. Zack has snagged over 4,800 baseballs from 48 diffrent stadiums since 1990. Zack knows how to say "Throw me the ball in 5 differnt languages, American, Japanese, Chinese, swahili, and spanish. Zack has a one rule and one rule only "No ball-hawking from little kids, and minor league games dont count." Zacks two favorite stadiums are Wrigly field, Chicago,and Camden yards, Baltimore. He likes wrigley becuase it is a hitter friendly park (Short fence to right and left) and behind the left feild stands is wavelyn avenue, and too the right, Sheffield drive, Two roads to stand on, so in the end, you can go to wrigley and snagg a ball without even buying a ticket. Zacks second favorite, Camden Yards, is not a hitter friendly park but behind the plate is the shortest backstop which means foul balls that are hit backwards are very likely to end up on the street making it easy to snag a ball.
Zack has writen three books, "How To Snag A Major League Baseball", "The baseball",and "Watching Baseball Smarter". His newest one is "The Baseball" It came out in march of 2011 which is the book that I am reading now, but i have also read his other two books. I dont read his books for the tips on how to snag a baseball, but becuase baseball is my favorite sport and Zack Hample goes into detail about how the game is played and some of the things we dont see on the field.
No comments:
Post a Comment