Moe Mullins
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Gary "Moe" Mullins | |
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| Born | 1950 (age 73–74) |
| Occupation | Collector |
| Years active | 1958-2021 |
| Known for | Collecting baseballs at Wrigley Field |
Gary "Moe" Mullins (born 1950) is an American baseball collector, who claims to have collected over 6,000 baseballs over the course of his career.[1]
Early life
Mullins began collecting balls at Wrigley Field in 1958,[1] at the age of eight years old.[2]
Baseball collecting
As an adult, he worked as a truck driver while ballhawking.[3] Mullins claims to have caught Sammy Sosa's 62nd home run at Wrigley Field on September 13, 1998, during Sosa's "Great Race" against Mark McGwire.[4] A physical altercation occurred between fans and onlookers,[5] during which Mullins claims the ball was knocked from his hands.[3] Witnesses supported Mullins' version of events, and he attempted to press robbery charges against Brendan Cunningham, the man who retrieved the ball. Cunningham denied that he had taken the ball from Mullins or attacked him.[6] Mullins sued Cunningham over the ball, but dropped the lawsuit after hearing that Cunningham intended to return the ball to Sosa so that it could be placed in the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum.[7]
As of 2016, Mullins had caught 245 career homers and five career grand slams at Wrigley Field.[8][9] He caught over 6,000 balls,[1] of which between 1,500 and 2,000 were from Spring Training.[10] He began to visit Wrigley Field less often later in life,[11] and retired from ballhawking in 2021.[12]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 ""We love baseball" Wrigley ballhawks stay on during pandemic". AP NEWS. Retrieved 2023-04-23.
- ↑ "Into The Arena: You Can't Always Control The Experience—And That's Okay". CollegeAD. October 18, 2017.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 "BALLHAWK DROPS SUIT OVER NO. 62". Chicago Tribune. Retrieved 2023-04-23.
- ↑ "A vicious scrum, a lawsuit, lingering anger: The fight over Sammy Sosa's 62nd home run". For The Win. 2020-06-14. Retrieved 2023-04-23.
- ↑ "Sosa's 62nd sparks melee". Pocono Record. Retrieved 2023-04-23.
- ↑ "Battle rages over Sosa's 62nd". Tampa Bay Times. Retrieved 2023-04-23.
- ↑ Guides, Wise. "Hang with the Ballhawks at Wrigley". Bleacher Report. Retrieved 2023-04-23.
- ↑ Didtler, Mark. "Wrigley Field Ballhawks Hold Reunion". Vnews.
- ↑ "White Sox defeat Cubs 7-3 in exhibition game at Wrigley Field". ABC7 Chicago. 2020-07-20. Retrieved 2023-04-23.
- ↑ "Meet Zack Hample, MLB Ball Hawk Extraordinaire". ThePostGame.com. 2011-05-26. Retrieved 2023-04-23.
- ↑ "Ballhawks: Wrigley Field video board will end era for fans chasing homers on Waveland Ave". thestar.com. 2013-08-28. Retrieved 2023-04-23.
- ↑ "North Siders". Victory Journal. 2015-10-20. Retrieved 2023-04-23.
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