Why do the guards confiscate baseballs at the Tokyo Dome? -- MLB Opening Series in Japan
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- If you're hoping to catch a souvenir baseball in Japan, WATCH OUT for stadium security. The guards will come after you and demand that you return it -- not always, but sometimes. It's really weird, and it cost me an Ichiro Suzuki home run ball during batting practice.
This was the very first game of the 2019 season -- MLB's Opening Series between the Seattle Mariners and Oakland Athletics, which was played on March 20th. It was also a mini-comeback for Ichiro who announced that he would retire after this series, so it was a BIG deal to see him out on the field.
The A's and Mariners opened the 2012 season at the Tokyo Dome. I was there for that as well, and as I promised in the video, here are my blog entries about it:
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Thanks for watching and don't forget to check me out on Instagram (@zack_hample). Lots more videos coming soon.
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1. Bring a decoy ball.
2. Catch HR ball during batting practice
3. Switch balls
4. Give decoy to security.
They have those guys watching. No doubt they would see you swap it
They wouldn’t let you bring it in
@@mylesj3574 why wouldnt they
@Zak Hall Just say your going to try and get an autograph problem solved.
@@itsjustme5097 then they still tell you no
Plot twist, that guy wasn't really a guard, just a fan dressed like one hustling everyone...
METALRON that’s probably true
Hilarious!
to toss balls back onto the field
Good idea ;)
To me he was fan and then just gets some fake officer suit from wish then just steal baseball balls to be like zack I’m just saying
So this is what murr is doing now
Sal Vulcano I am a huge fan of impractical jokers
Andrew McNair Hahahaha
That's great
Fr
For everyone asking about the masks: even before Corona, it's been a very common practice throughout Asia if you're sick or vulnerable to illness, high pollution days, etc.
If only we could do it here smh.
yeah. one time as a kid I was on the LIRR (new york) and saw someone wearing a mask.
IF ONLY WE KNEW
yeah it just makes sense. like it's not a political issue. just common sense.
@@howdareyou41 lol
and yet they still all suffered corona even with their health and wellness "standards"
That security guy was the nicest and most respectful jerk ever.
exactly 😇
Fax
Everyone is nice like that in Japan. Here in America, you would probably get in a fist fight with the security guard.
Its a stressful job, someone has to do it 😂
@@jackscalibur well usually it's the bystander starting shit lmao
I feel bad for the officer. He was just doing his job and seemed like he was really sorry about having to take Zack’s ball
Super polite
I think Japanese Culture in general is very respectful and polite
No he wasn’t
@@jacobdeboard6529 yea but then there was 1941 :/ but besides that and Anime Japen is AMAZING
@@heyitshuttz3705 at least spell it right you blabbering idiot.
Ichiro: "breathes"
Crowd: *YAAAAAAAAAY*
Ichiro: *exists*
Crowd: OMG ICHIRO I LOVE YOU
@@konnormcmaster6394 ichiro: *takes dump*
crowd: "OMG THIS MAN ISNT HUMAN"
It's a cultural difference as to why guards take the balls. It's to discourage people from putting themselves at risk of injury and to prevent any fighting for a ball. This is not the case at all Japanese stadiums however though fighting for balls is still not as pronounced as in American baseball.
@Jujuju sounds like a good ole American curfew to me
What a country full of wusses. No wonder we kicked their asses in WWII.
Fact
Doesn't look like it works tbh
he shouldved swap balls before the guard came
Bring a fake ball. Swap out the real ball for the fake ball.
OfficeHanchoBoxing what I was thinking 😂
Made in chiyyynaaa
Thing is nobody would believe you saying you caught a batted ball in Japan given this rule. They'd know you were either faking it or stole it in either case it'd be worthless
@@Jomskylark You actually think BP home run balls are worth anything? They're not, they're a fun souvenir for nostalgia. Too bad he can't keep it but having it on video is pretty awesome.
typical American thinking
9:15 lets appreciate the guy recording in landscape
@@flip2724 no
That place is packed but it still seems so quiet and pleasant. Everyone has great manners.
sprdvx agreed
Man, no one loved the game more than Ichiro, absolute legend of a baseball player
The security guard is just a fan dressed up in a uniform. He is a ball hawk also. Easiest way to get em I suppose.
Ha!!
Best comment on video
3:45
That guard looked so kind and innocent 😇
Such a nice guy 😀
No hate on the guy
NeptuneJocTM i know! He was just doing his job.
probably because he isn't dealing with 500 yankee fans frothing out the mouth
Lot's of people asking about the masks. There is almost no pollution in Japan, so its not that. Many people wear them when they feel even the slightest bit sick, so they don't make others sick by coughing. Girls wear them more so, partly because they don't want to put on makeup, so its kind of a cover up in that sense. If we were in China, masks are usually for pollution reasons, but Japan its a fascinating cultural thing that has evolved over time. Sometimes even healthy people put them on "just in case" for sickness
Almost no pollution in Japan???
Bro.....
This comment aged well
Plot twist: just a guy that dressed up as a security guard so he could get the ball.
You should have taken the other baseball out of your bag and acted like it was the one Ichiro hit and kept the Ichiro ball
Exactly what he should have done!
How do you know he didnt do that? Hohoho
3:45 is what you’re here for
12:22 no one talking about lady taking the picture upside down
Lol
Lmao
Lmfao
💀💀💀
I like how the random people are taking pictures with the ball the security guy took.
Could you imagine if they tried to confiscate balls in The States?
people would flip. We arent that nice around here lol
Juan Elorriaga shit would go down
Madison Price reverse uno
I love the guard tried his best to be nice about it
The Japanese are some of the nicest people on earth. It’s just their culture
The guard only took the ball bc it touched the zack hamples legendary catching hand
Awww that old Japanese guy wanted to take a picture with you. That was so awesome.
Why
@@BC-wz7rq what
3:22 i love how that kid fanboyed so hard
Plot twist: That wasn’t a real guard he was just stealing everyone’s balls
proud pioneer ok
@@maxjamison9704 ok
@@maxjamison9704 ok
@@maxjamison9704 ok
Hi Leopard Gecko
They love there baseball in Japan. Very respectful no jerks and no FIGHTS. Well behaved.
True!
What a lame buncha sports fans. Get rowdy at games!
@@jadenoliveras717 Because soccer riots make for great fans (sarcasm intended).
Keep it to yourself. What a small minded individual you are. @@jadenoliveras717
2:38 that guys a time traveler, he knew COVID was coming
Yeah that is weird lol
Actually wearing masks is normal in Japan...
Some people HATE to show their faces
We're just a country with bunch of germaphobic people or bitches who's just fuckin lazy wearing makeups lmfao
It’s a respect thing as well, if they feel sick they’ll wear it so they don’t infect others
At least you can confirm there are no Japanese Karens who don’t want to wear a mask
The Guard was polite enough to say sorry though...and let people take photos with it...
In America a big fat guard would come up to you with a tazer and a bad attitude
@@lovejetfuel4071 Precisely! and he'd probably take your hot dog with him!
If you dont wanna watch the video and came fore the title, we dont find out. Its really becuase of budget and the fact that giving something like that away in Japan is odd in thier culture.
No problem
プロ野球の運営のバイトしたことあるんですけど、運営会社の偉い人にに練習時にスタンドに入ったボールは回収しなければならないと言われて、申し訳ない気持ちで回収してました。回収に来た方もルールに則って仕事を全うしているわけです。回収した警備の方、お疲れ様です。
Dude I just looked it up and apparently at Tokyo Dome, catcher gets to keep the ball. That "security guard" was probably a cosplayer that later sells the confiscated balls online lol。Either way this is Japan. If you get aggressive with them, they'll back off. Especially if you're a foreigner hahaha
source? ;)
get tattoo's they won't come near you
fanatic1992 There isn’t.
That’s not true
The guards threw the balls back on the field though
Must be nerve wrecking to have to take people’s baseballs away
nah the Japanese fans are cool with it. notice how no one was super drunk and belligerent?
Na I’m going to admit us Americans would’ve probably gotten a little aggressive or defensive but these Japanese people are very respectful so the security probably aren’t scared their probably just sad that they have to take balls away from fans because it’s part of their job.
@@zinoo2942 yeah, if I was there I would def have questioned it and try to keep it, but if I gotta hand it over, I will
12:22 ok...
hahaha
😂😂the phone was upside doen
why dont people keep "decoy balls" and give those to the guards instead and keep the HR ball lol
Like the kid in the most watched video on MLB channel?
That's what I would do. Just give them a beat up ball.
Because they are honest and not thieving pieces of shit like most Americans?
The balls used in game are likely different from practice or shop balls.
@@chbuki if they are official MLB balls they sell them in the shop
I'd bring a decoy ball case the guards ask for it back.
5:44 TELLS YOU WHY YOU Cant KEEP THE BALL. THANK YOU
NO IT DOESN'T
it does it might not be to your liking but it explains it fully.
@@pensivecow4220 what’s the explanation idiot?
@@TomDelayBeats because in japan it's not yours unless the player gives it to you. As they said.
And as others in this comment section has said it seems to be only certain ballparks that take them. Apparently this is one of those ballparks.
I would laugh if its just a dude who dresses in a guard uniform to take all the balls he can scam from the catchers lol!
You can keep the balls during the games m, but The balls during the practice are going to be polished and reused for the practices again. That is why the guards take the practice balls.
that security guy lol I imagined him saying: ,, Should i eat the cuttlefish with asparagus or the vanilla paste?"
im sorry
なんできちんと仕事してる警備員の方が叩かれているんだ？警備員の方だって契約があってそれにきちんとそれを守ってるんだから、叩くのはおかしいと思うし、詳しいことも知らない外野が叩くのはおかしいのでは、、？
I think the security guard just wanted the Ichiro ball
3:54 that’s friggin hilarious how his confiscated ball is having pictures taken with 😂
The Japanese culture love to take pictures and video of everything in life, its just how they are.
Because they were locals and knew this dude didn't have the right to take the ball. "Let me take a picture or I'll tell him" kind of deals.
I have a Carl Yastrzemski home run ball from the 1967 season that I caught when I was 7 years old and that he later autographed. My Dad confiscated it and then presented it to me on my 16th birthday in still pristine condition but now in a hand made wood and glass case along with his 1946 Ted Williams home run ball that he caught when he was 14 and later got signed. My Dad got a photo of me catching the ball just like his Dad got a photo of him catching Ted William's ball. My Mom was at home listening to the game on the radio and remembers the announcer saying "some kid got that one." I have shadow boxes I've since put both in that include autographed photos and baseball cards of each of those players along with the photos our Dad's took to prove provenance. . They are among my prized possessions.
Dang. That could be made into a baseball movie! Congrats.
That's crazy I have a Pete rose home run which he later signed. And my dad caught a Ken Griffey homerun ball that he also signed. There so cool
Now all you need to do is get your son to catch one from Mike Yastrzemski
that is wholesome my guy
That’s an amazing story to share keep the tradition alive
SHOULD HAVE SWITCHED BASEBALLS BEFORE GIVING IT TO THE GUARD!
5:50 is why you came here
He’s just a guy pretending to be a guard so he can get free baseballs
fr lmao
Yes then drops them over the wall back onto the field to play the "part" even more. Logical.
Next time carry some extra balls and switch 'em out with your batting practice homerun balls before security arrives
Wouldn't it just be worse if a kid caught it and then they had to take it away from the kid. Imagine how bad that would be.😭
F for everyone who caught those.
Oh cool I finally caught my first game ball.
Ten seconds later: Tiny man walks up takes your ball.
Oh sht.
At Japanese stadiums, why do they have a security guard go around the seating area seizing all foul and homerun balls?
10:05 did that elder in the walkway just flip us off?
*YES*
OML YES
jDz8r that guy is creepy
Zack: catches ball
Fans: takes pics of a ball that zack caught
JakeCity gaming
Because it’s normal for fans to return the ball either way, fans usually do share them for pics.
you shoulda caught the ball then switched with a ball you don’t want so you keep the homerun ball
Honestly, I’d get kicked out of the stadium to keep an ichiro bp ball
Yo ichiro stinks why would you even like him
Just look how clean that place is.
@J.P. Eversman that's how Japan in general is though, did you see the ushers going up and down with trash bags? Litter is looked down upon and illegal, most of Japan is very clean.
Only Japanese people in Japan. JS
@@ourtime-downhere6931 Littering is illegal all over the world... but some Japanese culture is obviously frowns upon it more than others and it's an ethnostate.
@@garrett5974 I know, I'm just impressed how well they follow it. My home town has turned into a literal dump, I can't stand to even drive through it anymore. I moved out but whenever I'm there it's just gotten worse and worse. Needles, human waste, garbage everywhere, it's disgusting.
@@ourtime-downhere6931 Can I venture a guess? Perhaps a democrat ran city? lol
Q&a have you ever seen a brawl while you were at a game
Yes, a bunch.
I’d just keep a couple regular balls with me so I could keep the home run ball
Riley Abercrombie Smart
Riley Abercrombie That’s what I’d do for throwing a home run back: catch it, take out a baseball and chuck it back
At least they were extremely polite about it
Blake Japan is pretty extreme about manners and such. It’s very nice most of the time, you arent even suppose to make noise on the train or bus. Alot of examples
Are we not gonna talk about the fact that someone’s taking a photo upside down at 12:23
i read this comment at 12:17 haha
3:44 he says “yes” you can keep it lmao
It’s because of the budget, there I saved you 14 minutes.
Xavier Gomez yy
Viper asnksn why don’t you ask the the guy that made the video. He sure seemed to have left that out.
Should have kept the ball from warmups in your glove and switched them lmao
HAHAHAHAHAHA
The reason is because they will reuse the balls for practise in between games. And that is also the same reason why they dont take it back after the players throw in between games.
Is this economic reasons why they take back the baseballs ?,,,,
He explains at 5:50
Thank me later lol
He did not really explain why. He explained the proceedure.
In JAPAN,you can't get Foul ball and home-run ball of practice time before the match.
However,you can get it during the game.
plz don't hate japanese baseballs.
Sorry for my poor English:(
池田雷神 it was good English
Good english, shit policy. That really doesn't make much sense.
What you should do is when I guy throws you a ball put it in your bag so when you catch a homerun you can swap the balls
Japan seems like a great place. Judging by this video, it looks like they have an amazing culture and nice people. I definitely want to travel there one day.
They’re extremely racist and xenophobic lmao
22 years this year and I can confirm this.
it's a hell hole with WEIRD sexual things all over. Theyre very weird there. I HATED Japan
Considering they have one of the highest suicide rates its definitely not that amazing however its still great
LemonGrab True. But I would take a high suicide rate over a high homicide rate any day of the week. Pick your poison I suppose.
I feel bad for the guards who have to make people sad by taking peoples ball
Feels bad
The official was a fake, pretty good way to get game balls
For those thinking I’m serious, im not it’s a joke, although if you ever wanted to try it its probably Really smart idea
Watch him actually be a fake, the Japanese have always been smart.
The rule was made because it would prevent people from getting out of their way and harm themselves just to get a foul/home run ball. Some stadiums allow you to keep the balls, though, for example Yokohama.
PS: Just watched this all over again and turns out it was a practice ball. In this case, I don't really know what the reason are, but the ball have to be returned.
Also there are some stadiums that allow you to exchange the balls with team trinkets or merch as compensation.
That’s cool thanks for the insight on Japanese baseball! So cool to see different cultures in baseball!
@@metsfan7376 You're welcome! to be honest it keeps bothering me why people said that the security just want to take the practice ball, while in reality they just do their jobs properly and they are under a contract to do so.
@@user-hh4cl8ce9p that contract should be rewritten then. That rule makes no frickin sense.
@@user-hh4cl8ce9p enforcing a rule is a form of endorsing it, being under contract to do something does not completely erase the fact that it is YOU doing it.
damn, that security guard was soo nice! He is not like other guards who tackle u for a baseball
he should keep a few balls on him and next time if he catches a hr ball he could just give the security guard
another ball he brought from home and keep the hr ball. lol
81oakridg exactly
Lol
By the way for everyone wondering about why they have to return the ball to the security, it is because it’s during pre-game practice. They will “recycle” those balls for the next game. It’s better that way so they can cut the cost, and it’s also eco-friendly.
Any fan can get the ball during the actual game. Unless it’s like an important homerun ball (like a milestone). In that case, the fan will probably get something in return (like a signed ball or a bat).
That’s the dumbest shit I ever heard of baseballs are cheap.. and mlb is worth how much $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$??
@@tuckdaman1185 this is Japanese policy. No MLB franchise I know of does this. They give out batting practice balls all the time and only historic runs or home runs are taken from fans, and then they get a swag bag for compensation. The MLB has fucking nothing to do with this, they were guests at a Japanese stadium with Japanese staff.
Trumpsdaman
Oof your username reeks of patriarchy. Yikes
Krazykangaroo. Ur name reeks of safe places, fuzzy kittens, snow flakes, drag queens reading to kids, and a perfect world with no borders. A free for all and everyone gets a trophy 🏆 😉😂😂😂
@@tuckdaman1185 Interesting change of name.
Every time I hear that damn whistle I think it’s my fire alarm in school
So cool. That might be the cleanest looking stadium I've ever seen. There is like no trash.
*How would the GARDS know if the BASEBALL was INTENDED to Go to THAT FAN?*
Guards*
If a player willingly throws it out into the crowd then it's intended for fans.
12:23 dude is slumped 🤣😂😭
bru the phone is upside down lol
5:50 love the music LOL
You didn’t actually say why they don’t let fans have the balls...
yea i dident get a reason why it kinda doesn’t make much sense
well he doesnt know either, hence the title
5:52
He said, the reason is for respect, if the player intended to give the ball to you, it's cool to keep the ball, but, in the case of the home run, the player "didn't" intend for you to keep the ball, so you should return it to the player as it belongs to him
Zach, you should’ve switched the ball before you handed it over. Cmon dude
gerard lancaster plot twist he did
I thought the guy in the thumbnail was plainrock
Swavy Alex same
Lol
I love that dude, hes always so sarcastic
Zachary Ben Hample is a baseball collector. He claims that he has collected more than 10,000 baseballs from major league stadiums in North America, including Alex Rodriguez's 3,000th career hit and Mike Trout's first career home run.
Pronezyy -_- okay??
Wikipedia
It’s zack not Zach
I can only imagine what would happen in the u.s if they tried to do that. Every cop in the park would be missing teeth.
On this episode of “Why is this in my Recommended” this baseball video is recommended to someone like me, who has never looked up a baseball or sports video in his life and has only watched one full baseball game ever. TH-cam’s algorithm needs to be fixed ASAP
Damn feel bad for the security guard. He’s just doing his job but he probably has to get in such awkward situations lol
Q: In Japanese mlb , do guards collect homerun balls?
A:
During practice time→ most of the time YES (unless noted on video)
During match → NO , unless if it's a special homerun (ex. 100th home run for that player) or player wishes to have it back.
During practice time, they use baseball that can be homerun easily (for adjustment?), so they will have to collect it normally.
(Sorry i might be wrong i just searched it up)
2:18 Who else noticed that zack wasnt in the camera. He might be a vampire.?
why don’t you just keep a ball in your pocket and when u catch one quickly put it away and give them the one that was in ur pocket the whole time
JackFuriox 1000000000 iq
I was thinking the same thing no joke
so their stadium is like tropicana field but with a lot of people
i like the fact that they whistle. it's a good heads up that a ball is coming and to be ready for it. kind of wished we have that here. sucks that you cant keep hit balls. maybe the material used to make them might be different in japan? it was a good video. glad to see ichiro take the field one last time.i wonder what he's gonna do now?
He is in the front office of the mariners and in Tampa they have the whistles but that’s the only place I know of
Bro the whistle sux bad watch the game or listen for the crack of the bat
@@justinreid2422 yes because you're CLEARLY going to hear it through the crowd cheering. (Sarcasm)
its because if they charge you UR GOING TO JAIL 98% conviction rate. even though theyre not confinscating it theyre STEALING it. idk abt legally though because idk about whatever you have to sign to go in the tokyo stadium
@@justinreid2422
"bRo jUSt nEvEr tAke a BaThROm bREak oR gEt a BeEr or lOoK aWAy!" ugh
That’s the most packed I’ve ever seen a Mariners game.
You just gotta keep some balls you don't care about to switch out when you catch one you want. Then you give the security guy the ball you don't care about and keep the one you want. You catch an Ichiro ball and throw it in your bag. When security comes asking for it, you just pull out another one and give it to him.
Do they blow those wistles when its going over for a homerun? I think its so everyone knows and no one gets hurt.
Anyone notice at like 12:20 the phone was upside down
Blue Barry it’s to get a lower camera angle
I can't believe how quiet it got before the pitch was delivered to Ichiro.
I'd hate to be those guards man, their job is to kill happiness, there's no way they enjoy doing it.
Weird rule right?
Well it's respect twords the player
At least he let them take pictures and was really polite
yonatan schlussel moral relativism within different cultures, the US players never have had those rules implemented so they don’t have any connection to the ball once the plays complete, that may be a different story in Japan. So I’d say it’s more of a “sticking to rules no matter the circumstance” given their culture, and that just contrasts to us westerners. I feel I’m a little off the mark but pretty much summed it up
Zack: can I keep the ba...
Security: *No*
How to get around this in 3 simple steps:
1. Smuggle a normal old baseball into the stadium
2. Catch HR ball
3. When guard approaches you, give them the decoy ball and keep the HR ball for yourself
Exactly. I'm not about to let them take a HR ball from me. Hell I'd just toss it into my bag immediately.
Stonks
You don't have to smuggle balls in as it is very common for people to bring their own balls to ask for them to be autographed
The whole returning of foul balls and home runs was started to protect fans from putting themselves into harms way trying to catch them. In a nutshell, that's the history and custom.
However, most stadiums now allow fans to keep home runs. Fans may keep foul balls at some stadiums, while other stadiums, after confirming that nobody was injurred, will often exchange some team goods for the foul ball.
Nice job copying and pasting. Bet it was worth the 4 likes
@@dickchocolate1706 It answered peoples questions, so yes it was worth