The best way for a kid to get a ball is to get in when the gates open and to pester the players during batting practice. And wear a baseball glove so you can catch the ball. But there might be too many folks doing this at Yankees games, including middle aged men, which always seems weird and somewhat creepy. We had great success in 2019 on a Wednesday in Baltimore when the Royals were in town. My older, baseball playing son got a ball, plus one for his brother and one for a friend who was with us. A guy named Zach Hemple actually wrote a whole book about snagging balls in MLB parks.
I recently wrote about baseball: https://erinetheridge.substack.com/p/54-outs-however-long-it-takes
Last weekend we went to a minor league game for the first time in, what? Three years? And it was wonderful.
The best way for a kid to get a ball is to get in when the gates open and to pester the players during batting practice. And wear a baseball glove so you can catch the ball. But there might be too many folks doing this at Yankees games, including middle aged men, which always seems weird and somewhat creepy. We had great success in 2019 on a Wednesday in Baltimore when the Royals were in town. My older, baseball playing son got a ball, plus one for his brother and one for a friend who was with us. A guy named Zach Hemple actually wrote a whole book about snagging balls in MLB parks.