Zach Hample roasted after controversial home run catch at Rays game

Notorious baseball collector and YouTuber Zach Hample drew the ire of fans and social media with his home run catch at the Tampa Bay Rays-Los Angeles Angels game. Hample has claimed to have collected as many as 12,000 baseballs from Major League games and drawn controversy for how he has gone about that practice. There was a particular instance where the YouTuber allegedly stole a ball intended for a kid at a Colorado Rockies game. Whether Hample disputes that or not, he certainly didn’t make any friends at the Charlotte Sports Park, aside from maybe Angels fans.

In the top of the second inning, Kyren Paris hit a fly ball to deep left field that looked to be in the catching radius of Rays outfielder Christopher Morel. Morel, however, did not get a chance to make a play on the ball as Hample caught it from the stands above him. This play led to social media unleashing on the baseball collector, and many well-known outlets did not hold back.