The fan who wound up with Alex Rodriguez's 3,000th hit Friday night knows a thing or two about catching home run balls.

He also knows he has no intention of giving it back to the designated hitter.

Zack Hample, a 37-year-old from New York City who has caught more than 8,000 baseballs, was sitting in the right-field seats when Rodriguez reached the milestone with a first-inning solo home run off Tigers right-hander Justin Verlander.