Essendon players enjoying their off-season trip to America found themselves in the thick of the action when a foul ball landed in their laps at the baseball.

A number of the players who are in America attended their first baseball game in San Diego to watch the Padres take on Colarado Rockies at Petco Park.

A stray foul ball ended up in the stands and in the hands of Bombers midfielder David Zaharakis who was sitting along side teammates Heath Hocking, Dyson Heppell and Luke Davis.

The players will continue their holidays for a further few weeks before returning to pre-season training in November.