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Twenty-three-year old Christian Lopez became the luckiest person in the Bronx Saturday evening when he caught the home run that was Derek Jeter's 3,000th hit. Only 28 players have ever reached 3,000 hits, and it doesn't seem like any of those balls are on the open market. In addition, only one other player, Wade Boggs, hit a home run for his 3,000. All of those factors lead memorabilia collectors to estimate Lopez's catch as worth at least $500,000, and it may possibly go over $1 million. Mark McGwire's record-breaking 70th home run ball went for more than $3 million at auction.
Unfortunately, Lopez went from "lucky man" to a "future filled with regret" very quickly. The head of security whisked Lopez out of the stands and asked, "What do you want for the ball?" He answered, "be cool to get a jersey or something," and added maybe some bats and balls. It's nice that he wants to be a true fan and "do the right thing," but the Yankees are a billion-dollar franchise. They can afford to at least pay off the $100,000 in student loans that Lopez has from St. Lawrence University. Lest you forget, Jeter is making $16 million a season for the next three years.
On top of everything else, The New York Times is reporting that Lopez may be hit with $14,000 in taxes for the "gifts" the Yanks traded for the ball. It's a situation similar to when Oprah gave everyone in her studio audience a car, and each one later had to pay the IRS $7,000 for it. This is clearly an example of the little man (no jokes about Lopez's weight) getting squished by a corporation and makes, "Be cool to get a jersey or something," the all-time worst quote by a fan who caught a famous ball. It's too bad Lopez didn't just repeat one of the following great quotes until he had time to consider a better asking price.
