zack_hample

Zack Hample here. I found this forum because I'm getting a bunch of blog hits from it. I'm glad you guys are enjoying my photos of the Marlins' new stadium, but I'm sorry to see that you all hate me so much. I guess you're not aware that back in 2009, I paid a web developer $500 to set up my website so that it could accept charitable pledges for the charity -- so yeah, I've given plenty of money and time to make sure that Pitch In For Baseball gets the attention and donations that it needs. As for Conan O'Brien, you really shouldn't praise him for what he did. Before I went on his show, one of the segment producers asked me if there was anything that I wanted to talk about on the air. I told her that the ONE thing I wanted to discuss -- more than my newest book, which really could have benefitted from a plug on national television -- was the charity. She promised me that Conan would ask me about it. Well, not only did Conan NOT bring it up, but when I forced it into the conversation, he cut me off and made fun of me -- twice. He's not a comedian. He's simply a jerk. Also, for the record, I'm earning royalties from my last book and do plenty of other work that doesn't get publicized. I don't take baseballs from kids. I don't know who the guy is who claims to have seen me doing that, but it's simply not my style. Tonight at Nationals Park, I gave four baseballs to kids. The day before I gave away five. When I caught Mike Trout's first major leaguer homer in Baltimore on July 24th, a fan offered me hundreds of dollars for it on the spot, but I gave it back to Trout instead, no questions asked. It's really a shame that you guys have such a negative opinion of me. I'm doing pretty good stuff in the world, but I guess it's hard to see past all the stereotypes and all the crap that gets churned out by the media. And I'm most certainly not a Mets fan. I was 20 years ago. At this point, I only have favorite players, not a favorite team. Thanks for reading.