Hample to Attempt Record-Setting Catch on Monday

PRESS RELEASE – The Lowell Spinners, Class-A Affiliate of the Boston Red Sox, are pleased to host yet another world record attempt when author and baseball fanatic Zack Hample will attempt to set a pair of records related to the greatest height at which a baseball can be caught on the morning of Monday, July 2 at LeLacheur Park.

Snagging Balls and Other Baseball Stuff

Author and professional “baseball hawk” Zack Hample has written a new book called The Baseball: Stunts, Scandals, and Secrets Beneath the Stitches, where he shares antecdotes about baseballs, talks about the baseball manufacturing process, and provides tips on snagging balls.  We haven’t read the book, but it looks interesting.  Hample has retrieved over 4,600 baseballs from 48 Major League stadiums.  Read more here.