Ballhawk League 2010 : Week 3

Nick Pelescak (seen below with his son Dominick) wins week 3 with a solid 33 ball tally through four games.

Erik Jabs, for the third consecutive week finishes as the runner up.  The two Pittsburgh ballhawks did their best to capitalize on the Pirates final home stand in April, with Erik snagging two foul balls in one game, and Nick grabbing a Ryan Braun home run.

Other notes from this week:

• Joe Faraguna moves into third place in the league, despite only appearing in three games.
• Zack Hample finished without any balls in a week for the first time in a long while.  He is a favorite to win week 4 as he comes off the bench for a three game series in Cleveland.
• Casey Ward snagged yet another game HR ball, leading the ballhawk league with two.
• The Happy Youngster, taking time off from ballhawking to be with his family, welcomed his son into the world:

“Happy Youngster” born 4/23/10:

2010 Season Leaders:

Total Balls Snagged:
1) Nick Pelescak 60
2) Erik Jabs 51
3) Joe Faraguna 27
4) Zack Hample 23
5) Shawn B 18

Games:
1)  Nick Pelescak 11
2)  Erik Jabs 8
3)  Shawn B/Casey Ward 5

Average Balls per Game:
1)  Zack Hample 11.50
2)  Joe Faraguna 9.00
3)  Greg Barasch 7.00
4)  Erik Jabs 6.38
5)  Nick Pelescak 5.45

Hit Balls Snagged:
1)  Erik Jabs 34
2)  Zack Hample 32
3)  Nick Pelescak 12
4)  Greg Barasch 8
5)  Joe Faraguna 6

Thrown Balls Snagged:
1)  Nick Pelescak 17
1)  Joe Faraguna 17
3)  Shawn B 13
4)  Alex  12
5)  Zack Hample 11

Device Balls Snagged:
1)  Erik Jabs 6
2)  Joe Faraguna 4

Found Balls:
1)  Nick Pelescak 11
2)  Casey Ward 5
3)  Erik Jabs 4

BHL Points:
1)  Nick Pelescak 267
2)  Erik Jabs 241
3)  Casey Ward 139
4)  Joe Faraguna 105
5)  Zack Hample 93

Hit Balls Per Game
1)  Zack Hample 6.00
2)  Erik Jabs 4.25
3)  Greg Barasch 4.00
4)  Nick Pelescak 2.91
5)  Joe Faraguna/District Boy 2.00

Thrown Balls Per Game
1)  Joe Faraguna 5.67
2)  Zack Hample 5.50
3)  Alex 4.00
4)  Matt Jackson 3.00
5)  Shawn B 2.60

Device Balls Per Game
1)  Joe Faraguna 1.33
2)  Donny Halton 1.00
3)  Erik Jabs 0.75
4)  District Boy/Mike M 0.50

Found Balls Per Game
1)  Casey Ward/Nick Pelescak 1.00
2)  Erik Jabs/Greg Barasch/Ian Weir 0.50
3)  Matt Jackson 0.33

BHL Points Per Game
1)  Zack Hample 46.50
2)  Joe Faraguna 35.00
3)  Erik Jabs 30.13
4)  Greg Barasch 28.00
5)  Casey Ward 27.80

2010 Ballhawk League Archive:
TOP BALLHAWK:
Week 1:  Shawn B 18  (Runner Up:  Erik Jabs 17)
Week 2:  Nick Pelescak 17 (Runner Up: Erik Jabs 10)
Week 3:  Nick Pelescak 33 (Runner Up: Erik Jabs 24)

And, for the heck of it:
2009′s archive for perspective:
2009 Ballhawk League Archive:
TOP BALLHAWK:
Week 1:  Happy Youngster 38  (Runner Up:  Zack Hample 31)
Week 2:  Zack Hample 27  (Runner Up:  Erik Jabs 21)
Week 3:  Zack Hample 30  (Runner Up:  Erik Jabs 21)
Week 4:  Zack Hample 40  (Runner Up:  Happy Youngster 39)
Week 5:  Zack Hample 31  (Runner Up:  Erik Jabs 22)
Week 6:  Erik Jabs 31 (Runner Up: Happy Youngster 26)
Week 7:  District Boy 40 (Runner Up: Greg Barasch 20)
Week 8:  Erik Jabs 18 (Runner Up:  Donny Haltom 17)
Week 9:  Donny Haltom 16 (Runner Up:  Erik Jabs 13)
Week 10: Zack Hample 27 (Runner Up: Shawn 26)
Week 11: Zack Hample 59 (Runner Up: Donny Haltom 23)
Week 12: Greg Barasch 36 (Runner Up: Nick Pelescak 22)
Week 13:  Chris P 24 (Runner Up:  Alex 17)
Week 14:  Greg Barasch 22 (Runner Up: Chris P 19)
Week 15:  Nick Pelescak 17 (Runner Up: District Boy 10)
Week 16:  Alex 21 (Runner Up: District Boy 19)
Week 17:  Joe Faraguna 18 (Runner Up: Happy Youngster 11)
Week 18:  Erik Jabs 22 (Runner Up:  Zack Hample 14)
Week 19:  Alex 38 (Runner Up: Joe Faraguna 31)
Week 20:  Alex 41  (Runner Up:  Erik Jabs 36)
Week 21:  Chris P 35 (Runner Up: Happy Youngster 34)
Week 22:  Nick Pelescak 24 (Runner Up: Greg Barasch)
Week 23:  Donny Haltom 30 (Runner Up: Chris P 22)
Week 24:  Zack Hample 54 (Runner Up: Happy Youngster 14)
Week 25:  Erik Jabs 44 (Runner Up:  District Boy 37)
Week 26:  Zack Hample 43 (Runner Up:  Chris P 25)

Finally, there’s a fourth ballhawk from Milwaukee joining the fray next week.  Here’s an introductory paragraph from him:
“My name is Matt Sabel. I got started with ballhawking the beginning last season going to 38 games and 37 of those being at night games
at Miller Park so I can see both batting sessions. I get there around
4:30 where me and my buddy have our spot in Friday’s during Brewers
batting practice and then moving to various places around the park
including in the Tundra territory sometime. I have gear from every team
the Brewers play so that I have a better chance of getting a ball from
the opposing team. Last season I collected 100 baseball total and I
have 16 so far this year.“