I got CHEATED out of baseball history at Citi Field!

Picture this: you catch a home run at a Major League Baseball game. Amazing, right?! But wait, it gets better! That home run turns out to be part of an extremely rare CYCLE!! That's right, the player who hit it also had a single, double, and a triple in the game. Suddenly your home run ball is worth a ton of money, and the player will probably want the ball for himself so you'll get to meet him and be part of a truly special moment in MLB history. But hang on, that's not quite how it all went down. Sorry to dash your dreams, but guess what? Somehow the player didn't realize that he needed a triple in his final at-bat, so after hitting a ball down the right field line for what could've (and SHOULD'VE) been a triple, he slowed down and cruised into 2nd base with his second double of the night. No cycle for him. No baseball history for you. Womp-womp.

This is exactly what happened to me at the Mets game on August 13, 2024 at Citi Field. I caught a home run in the 3rd inning hit by Oakland A's catcher Shea Langeliers. Later on he picked up a single and a double, and I was SO EXCITED for him to possibly hit a triple in his final at-bat in the 9th inning. But look what happened:

https://www.mlb.com/news/shea-langeli...

You have GOT to be kidding me!!! UGGGGGHHHHHH!!!!!!! But yes, it was still cool to have caught my 101st lifetime game home run. If you'd like to see the complete list of all those dingers, click here:

https://www.zackhample.com/game-home-...

Also, as I mentioned in the video, this was the ninth time that I've gotten the only home run at a major league game, but guess what? This was actually the 10th time that it has happened. Here are all the games at which I've done it (according to my No. 1 fan named Aidan who runs the Insta account @zack_hampleotd which you should absolutely check out):

May 23, 2008 -- Yankee Stadium
April 19, 2014 -- Citi Field
August 8, 2014 -- Yankee Stadium
August 26, 2014 -- Citi Field
May 11, 2017 -- Yankee Stadium
April 21, 2021 -- Yankee Stadium
October 11, 2021-- Fenway Park*
July 23, 2023 -- Fenway Park
July 28, 2023 -- loanDepot Park
August 13, 2024 -- Citi Field

By the way, the 10 games listed above produced 11 home runs for my collection. See the one with an asterisk? There were two homers that night at Fenway (Game 4 of the ALDS), and I caught them both, so I think that still qualifies.

Show some love to Stadium Custom Kicks (@stadiumcustomkicks) and check out the video from Camden Yards when I wore these 1-of-1 shoes for the first time:

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Show some love to Dustin Hughes (@dhog91) and to me (@zack_hample) while you're at it. And to Zac Gutherman (@zg_films) who edited this video. It It was filmed by Rachel Messbauer who's not on social media because she's smarter than all of us combined.

Thanks for watching!