1977
six days old
with my mom
with my dad
seven weeks old
snoozing with my dad
at the window
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1978
with my cousin Nicho
in the hammock
with
my mom
with
my dad
with
Grandpa Lou
with Grandma Ruth
at the beach
now
THAT'S a hose...
in
the hammock with my dad
rosy cheeks
first
step ever
standing behind a fence
singing
to my dad
Cousin
Ben grabs my nuts and makes me cry
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1979
learning to sail
MTV Cribs
"Up to the ceilin' and up
to the sky!"
grabbing my dad's nose
pinching a loaf sans diapers
swinging
jumping on bubble wrap
another extreme sport
inspecting a grown-up toy in the
park
first haircut
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1980
grabbing
my mom's face
cute/generic pose #1
attempting to eat spaghetti
skinny-dipping in East Hampton
playing in nursery school
playing
with shaving cream |
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1981
with Grandpa Lou (my mother's father)
clutching my baby blanket at Disneyland
with Grandma Helen (my father's
mother) and my dad
my first girlfriend
cute/generic pose #2
up to no good
Sucking my thumb? Smelling
my hand?
learning to play the violin
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1982
nursery
school class photo
heavy hitter despite the rigid batting
stance
at Camp Hillard
with my dad in upstate NY
rookie card, near mint
not happy about be forced to
wear a life jacket
first time fishing
fascinated as my dad shaves
my second girlfriend
swimming class
macho man
riding my dad's shoulders
perched in a tree above my mom |
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1983
wrapped in towels after a bath
my bedroom before it became a baseball
shrine
dancing with my mom
kindergarten class photo
portrait taken after the group
shot
playing pick-up-sticks
laughing my ass off
riding the north ferry to Shelter
Island
first day of 1st grade
balancing my baseball bat
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1984
with
my rubber band ball and (psycho) first cat named Miyo
1st grade class photo
at the pool with my cousin
Ben
Twister! Yeah!
looking like a bully in this otherwise
innocent ferry scene
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1985
2nd
grade class photo
with
Mrs. Heyward, my 2nd grade teacher
family softball (in skimpy blue shorts)
Is that Wade Boggs' silhouette on
my shirt?
my dad refers to a loud motorboat
as "a motorized penis"
ice cream birthday
lying in the grass
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1986
adding to
my rubber band ball
being chased in a game of tag
3rd
grade class photo
with a friend in the park
Collegiate School = scarring
See what I mean? |
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1987
4th
grade class photo
at Shea Stadium, three years before I caught my first ball
with my dad at Shea
with my mom not at Shea
skiing in Colorado
at the bottom of the slope |
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1988
learning how
to tie a tie
5th
grade class photo
at Baseball U.S.A. Camp
in New Jersey
official Zack Hample baseball
card
general silliness with a friend
Moving Up Day -- adios, 5th
grade
hitting a ball off a tee
duet with my half-brother Henry
with Henry, my grandparents,
and my mom
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1989
fast
asleep while my cat Shadow protects me
6th
grade class photo
swingers
Moving Up Day -- adios, Collegiate
back on the ferry and looking
less mean |
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1990
"Yeah baby, that's
right, you know what I like."
acting all serious with
my dad...
...and being forced into hysterics
moments later
7th
grade class photo
with Steve Mandl (Manny Ramirez's
high school coach)
Grandpa Lou getting props from Newsday
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| 1991
with
friends on a 14-foot trampoline
heading off to play basketball
8th
grade class photo
visiting day at Camp Manitou
in Canada
out on the baseball field
at Manitou
more trampoline action
(and tough-guy acting)
hanging
out in the press box at Fenway Park
with Red Sox
public address announcer Sherm Feller
posing with one of the first
baseballs I ever snagged
first time shaving |
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1992
with Bucky
Dent at his baseball school in Florida
my other cat, Tiger
taking some cuts in a batting
cage
9th
grade class photo
ready for takeoff
the solitude of Shelter Island
digging myself into a hole
my reaction when coming up for
air and seeing the camera |
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1993
10th
grade class photo
using the rubber band ball for my math fair project
outside Candlestick Park
inside Candlestick Park
posing with nearly all 287 of my
baseballs
my idea of dressing up
shortly before I weighed 205 pounds
with Mike Torres
with my cousin Spencer
outside Veterans Stadium
before Game 5 of the World Series
about to give my dad the ride
of his life
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1994
11th
grade class photo
another stupid math fair, another fun project
the cats at their cutest
at Damaschke Field, home of the Oneonta
Tigers
taking BP at the empty (and unlocked)
Damaschke Field
funny face
playing summer ball with the Bayside
Royal-Cardinals
stretching at Shea Stadium before
a Mets tryout
trying to kick my dad's ass
and failing, apparently |
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1995
12th
grade class photo
my senior page in the
yearbook
in the clubhouse of the short-season
Boise Hawks
pregame view from the field
at the Hawks' Memorial Stadium
in-game view from the
Hawks' dugout
on the field at Anaheim Stadium
with a ladyfriend in Boise
100-pound rubber band
ball
with my mom atop the Eiffel Tower
on a pretty street near Luxembourg
Garden
with my mom at Buckingham Palace
getting molested by pigeons
at Trafalgar Square
inside the hedge maze at Hampton Court
at Yankee Stadium for Game 1 of the
ALDS
with Amy, my (real) first girlfriend
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1996
last day as an intern
at the American School for the Deaf
switching clothes with
my dad
back in Paris with my mom and
trying to grow a goatee
the (wannabe) goatee in full
force at Shea Stadium
clean shaven for summer baseball
taking a lead off third base
with my rubber band
ball
with my 1,000th baseball
with the baseball crowd during
a quick trip to Manitou
first day at Guilford
College (in North Carolina)
good day at Guilford College
about to head to one of
many fall ball practices
general college hyperness
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1997
getting taped
to a chair for baseball team initiation
with three nutjobs in my
dorm room
the view from a friend's house
in the Caribbean
with my grandma Helen at her 100th
birthday party
in Arizona with my three
siblings: Joe, Martha, and Henry
back in Boise, documenting the field's
new cut-outs
as an orientation leader, corrupting
my group of freshmen
playing piano in the college
talent show
getting help shaving my head
two girls critique the 'do
on my 20th birthday
explaining to a skeptical friend
how the girls critiqued it
with my girlfriend Alli in her
dorm
sexy gender-bending via Alli's hair
and clothes
my parents visit and imitate
the pictures on my wall |
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1998
double
date with Alli (in red) and another Guilford couple
plowing through a high ropes course
at Camden Yards
at Three Rivers Stadium
at Cinergy Field
at Wrigley Field
flying high above the trampoline
at Jacobs Field
at Comiskey Park
at County Stadium
at Busch Stadium
third annual "Two Girls
Smooch Zack" pic
my dorm room
heading out with Alli
brief mustache while shaving off
a goatee in stages |
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1999
mingling during
my book party at the All-Star Cafe
with Joe and my parents in Venice
at the Kingdome with Alli
posing in a bathtub full of baseballs
for "People" Magazine
at Tiger Stadium
at the Ballpark in
Arlington
at the Astrodome (with backpack-induced
sweat stains)
at Network Associates Coliseum
rafting down the Nantahala River in North
Carolina
promoting my Scrabble club with
Alli at the activities fair
chillin' at the Metrodome
on "The Rosie O'Donnell
Show"
in my dorm room with my new (yet
old) Arkanoid machine
teaching kids how to steal
balls with the "glove trick"
fourth annual "Two Girls
Smooch Zack" pic goes awry
giving a signed copy of
my book to Colin Powell |
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2000
the night I had arrows for sideburns
at Tropicana Field
at Pro Player Stadium
at SkyDome
at Olympic Stadium
at Funspot in NH for a four-day
video game competition
screen shots of my Arkanoid
world record
previous Arkanoid champ
Steve Krogman congratulates me
sightseeing in NYC with my Canadian
friends Patty & Joy
at Dodger Stadium
shameless self-promotion
at Qualcomm Stadium
working at the National Scrabble
Championship in Providence
after-hours action on the biggest
Scrabble board in the world
at Turner Field
getting girls by dressing
like one on Halloween |
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2001
chicks dig Arkanoid
crawling out of my igloo
with Jeff Jeske, the best
writing teacher I ever had
the product of not paying attention in
my other classes
playing Scrabble at the college
club
about to get dunked
my senior page in
the yearbook
graduation photo
at Kauffman Stadium
recruiting for Guilford at a college
fair
with my girlfriend Jess
yelling about nothing |
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2002
with Al Hirschfeld
geeking it up with Jess
at Disney World
at Coors Field
at Safeco Field with my
friend Joe
lizard-hunting in Idaho
rough-housing with a friend's kids
world record on Breakout
the view from the press box at
Cheney Stadium in Tacoma
biggest damn tree I've ever seen
on the Portwalk outside
Pacific Bell Park
word-judging at the National
Scrabble Championship in SD
decorating my new apartment
shaving my head even shorter
laundromat
dressed up for one of THOSE parties...
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2003
bike route during the blizzard
with my siblings in Chinatown
at Dante's View in Death Valley
the baseball field at
Guilford College
atypical first-date behavior
Fan Photo Day at Olympic
Stadium
on Shelter Island with my girlfriend
Olivia
at Miller Park
at Comerica Park
with my friend Marc in a subway
control tower
in my underwear and eating cereal
for a photo shoot
this cake from Olivia was part of my
best birthday ever
computer reflection at
work
still no cell phone
writer's block |
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2004
considering a new hair style
with the Ripken boys
visiting my old college dorm
room with my old friend Rachel
taking a shower on the sidewalk
my writing group's finest
moment
classic portrait via the
drink tray
Day 4 of the National Scrabble
Championship in New Orleans
with my rubber band ball at
the Queens Museum of Art
with friends at the beach on
Shelter Island
Central Park cuddle action
the view at my first football game
head paint
teasing a dead animal
with my very good friend Jules
borrowing hair from my girlfriend
Lia
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2005
temporary headquarters of minorleaguebaseball.com
the one that almost got away
signing autographs after teaching
4th graders how to snag
early for graduation at Guilford
College
with my sister in Paris
plucking a ball off the warning
track at Yankee Stadium
Truth-or-Dare: Lia forced to "take
a bath in the kitchen sink"
at RFK Stadium
driving from Jerusalem to
the Dead Sea
at Great American Ball Park
at Minute Maid Park with
Dusty Baker's lineup cards
the writing group in Central
Park
playing catch from the seats
with Mets pitcher Heath Bell
second lifetime hockey game, first lifetime
puck
200-pound rubber band ball
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2006
about to swing through the
Costa Rican jungle
at Crobar
at Camden Yards with
my friend Sean and his friend Joe
with Lia and friends at a
warehouse party
playing catch with my dad
in upstate NY
not my hat
heading to Black's Beach for
a much needed tan
sunset at the beach
at PETCO Park
moments after catching
Barry Bonds' 724th career home run
working at the Argosy Book
Store
being filmed by CBS outside Citizens
Bank Park
playing with my new camera
one of many uses for
800 baseballs
dancing
in Brooklyn |
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2007
on a frozen lake in Putnam Valley,
NY
forced by my friends to wear a pink
du-rag
two book signings in two days
3,000th ball at Yankee Stadium
at Busch Stadium
with my girlfriend Jona in
a photo booth
yes, I went out in public looking
like this
at home with "King
of Kong" star Billy Mitchell
dressed badly to be spotted
on TV at AT&T Park
leaving Harry Potter in the
dust
TV interview with five hours of
sleep and a sore throat
at Chase Field with my 21st
ball of the day (!!)
silliness at the lake
recreating the bathtub scene for
Sports Illustrated
with Jona (and pervy Elmo)
on Halloween
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2008
Citi
Field construction — 13 months to go
my teeth
first day in my new apartment
last day in my old apartment
after tearing down the pictures
group photo + awesome view
at
Nationals Park with my 28th ball of the day (?!)
at Champion Stadium
half-bathroom fully decorated
with Jona at PNC Park
about to be interviewed by
Julie Chen on the "Early Show"
screen shot from my "Tonight
Show" appearance
recreating the World Series
photo from 1993
pyramid of baseballs
with Jona on the eastern coast
of Ireland
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2009
catching
up in my journal at the writing group
roofdeck
with my friend Leon Feingold at the
NYC Scrabble club
Taiwanese translation of
Watching Baseball Smarter
press release for my charity work
post-game blogging at
the Rogers Centre hotel
my first game at Citi Field
my first game at the new
Yankee Stadium
live interview during a
Royals game |
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