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Fan who caught Jeter's 3000 steps up to plate for Jeter

When Derek Jeter's 3000th hit landed in the stands, it was a question of who caught it, and what he would do with the ball. Would that person hold the ball up for big money? Would he try to keep it?

Thankfully, 23 year-old Christian Lopez didn't leave us hanging for long. Lopez did the right thing and willingly gave Jeter the baseball. He didn't want any money, didn't want any glory, he just wanted to reward Jeter for a career of hard work.

"He deserves this; he's worked hard for this . . . I'm not the type of person to take this away from him," Lopez told Michael Kay during the YES Network broadcast.

Lopez, who works for Verizon Wireless, got the magical game tickets from his girlfriend.

Lopez will get four passes to a suite for the rest of the regular season, including post season and World Series tickets. He will even get front row tickets to Sunday afternoon's contest in the Bronx.

Don't think the accolades will stop there. WFAN wanted to interview Lopez earlier this evening, so expect to see a lot of this young man in the coming days on radio and the morning show circuit. Maybe even a new career can come out of this; who knows?

Meanwhile, Jeter capped his grand day going 5-for-5 and now has 3,003 hits in his career. Oh, and the Yankees won 5-4.

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Arnolds Office furniture said…
Would that person hold the ball up for big money? Would he try to keep it? YES he will, from a sports fan like me :)
July 10, 2011 at 7:54 AM
Yankees Tickets said…
Nice sports blog! Interesting information here about the Yanks. Its going to be interesting when the Nets move to Brooklyn too. Are you going to cover that?

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September 7, 2011 at 7:24 PM
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