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Yankees get A-Rod's 3,000th hit ball for $150,000 donation

The long and sordid saga revolving around the ultimate fate of the ball Alex Rodriguez deposited into the outfield seats at Yankee Stadium for his 3,000th hit has finally reached a resolution.

Zack Hample, a “professional ballhawk” who was uncooperative at best after procuring the baseball after A-Rod’s solo shot in the first inning on June 19, has agreed to turn over the ball to the Yankees after the team agreed to donate $150,000 to Pitch In For Baseball, a charity with which Hample has worked with since 2009.

Hample previously suggested this as a way to reach an amicable resolution with the ball club and Rodriguez, saying a “sizable donation” may do the trick.