New York Yankees will be looking for Aaron Judge’s sign on an extension. Unfortunately it looks like Judge isn’t in a mood to sign. Nothing Yankees fans need to be worried about though. Judge refused to sign a ball for baseball collector Zack Hample. And while Hample claims to have snagged some pretty rare hits, looks like Judge’s signature eluded him.

Hample claims to have collected balls from more than 11,000 balls from stadiums across the league and includes iconic hits like Mike Trout’s first career home run and even A-Rod’s 3000th career hit when with the Yankees. But looks like Judge wasn’t going to let his John Hancock go so easily.

Hample fails to get Aaron Judge’s signature

In a video making rounds on Twitter, it can be seen that Hample repeatedly asks Aaron Judge to sign a ball that he is holding asking him for “one more”. Judge while patiently wading through the plethora of signs that he is giving out in the stands seems to wilfully look away. And with repeated cuts, this ignoring doesn’t seem to a be a single occurence.

The collector posted the video with the caption “Aaron Judge hates me” and while we are unsure of what the emotion is there, it certainly doesn’t seem to be too happy.

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The #99 jersey can be seen jogging back into the dugout at the end of the video. Presumably to warm for his next hit or for the next innings. But definitely without having given his autograph to Hample.

Zack Hample and the New York Yankees

Believe it or not Hample actually has a history with the organization. Hample actually caught A-Rod’s 3000th career hit at the Yankee Stadium in 2017. And some events followed.

But when the Yankees asked for it back, Hample refused to give it up. Hample held onto the ball for a fair bit of time until he decided to give it back.  However, he garnered some flak for asking for something in return.

The Yankees had to donate $150,000 to Pitch in for Baseball, a charity that provides equipment for youth leagues around the country for receiving the ball in return. Not a completely ill advised donation, but Hample was criticized in the media during the whole incident.

“Snagging a milestone home run ball is a lose-lose situation,” Hample wrote to the Sports Grid in 2016. “If you give it back to the player who hit it, you’re a sucker who should’ve held out for a massive chunk of change, and if you sell it, you’re a greedy d—head who has no respect for the sport.”

Well if Hample ever does land that elusive Aaron Judge autograph, atleast he’ll have a story.