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Baseball has seen its fair share of controversial figures over the years. These include players, managers, owners, and even fans. Furthermore, some of these people have created major incidents. During a recent Baltimore Orioles game, one such controversial figure shocked fans with his selfish gesture. It turned what was a cool moment into a negative one.?

The person involved is none other than Zach Hample, a personality that most baseball fans dislike. He is known for collecting baseballs and has been criticized for his rough approach to it. But during this particular incident, he showed off his selfishness.?

Controversial baseball fan Zach Hample shows off his selfishness with this latest incident at a Baltimore Orioles game

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The Orioles lost against the Los Angeles Angels 5-9 earlier this week. During the game, Orioles outfielder Cedric Mullins smashed a massive home run that controversial fan Zach Hample caught. A video of Hample has been circulating on Twitter. He is asked if he will give the ball to A.J. Griffin, a popular streamer who is known for being Mullins? fan. Hample thinks about it for a couple of minutes before saying that he doesn?t know who A.J. is and that he is the ?Mullins Guy? tonight. A Twitter user called KnB shared the video.

In the video, Hamlin says, ?The Mullins kid? I don?t know the Mullins kid. I?m the Mullins guy tonight?. This moment has left baseball fans with a very negative opinion of Hample. The move by the controversial fan has not gone over well.

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The reactions to Hample?s antics have been wholly negative. Some fans criticized him.?

Other fans wished for harsher things to happen to him.

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This moment is one of many for the divisive ball hawker. He has actually been banned from two baseball stadiums, though not at the MLB level. Furthermore, he has been in multiple sticky situations due to his aggressive method of collecting balls. But despite this incident, Mullins? fan A.J. Griffin managed to have a good time.

Mullins met with his superfan and even signed his jersey

Orioles outfielder Cedric Mullins made sure that his superfan had a good time. He met A.J. Griffin and even signed his jersey. Although Griffin is a Los Angeles Angels fan, he wore Mullins’ World Baseball Classic jersey to the game. The Orioles star joined Mookie Betts and Mike Trout in representing Team USA at the WBC. Although Zach Hample showed off his selfish nature, Griffin managed to have a good time.

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