PoliticalChic
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1. What happened to the 3000th hit by Derek Jeter???
"Of the 48,000 fans at Yankee Stadium on Saturday, Christian Lopez was the one to catch Derek Jeter's historic home run and 3,000th hit. He offered it to Jeter without asking for anything more than a brief meeting with the star player. The Yankees awarded Lopez's generosity with season tickets for the rest of the year, including the playoffs." YouTube.
2. Christian Lopez, Who Caught Jeter's 3,000th Hit Ball, Has No Regrets About Giving It Back. No regrets. The Derek Jeter fan who gave back the historic 3,000th-hit ball that his idol blasted into the left-field stands -- a memento worth about $250,000 -- yesterday said he'd do it again "100 times."Apr 20, 2016
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Christian Lopez, Who Caught Jeter's 3,000th Hit Ball, Has No ...
Jeter could have declined the ball, and told Lopez to put it on Ebay....would have changed the kid's life.
Durante was with his girlfriend, Rosemarie, who would become his wife, on a double date in the right field bleachers for Yankees-Red Sox — and she paid for the tickets.
“I was broke at the time, and Rosemarie loaned me $10...
Durante was happy to return the ball and receive nothing but a “thank you” from Maris in return. Instead, he recalled Maris telling him, “Keep it, kid. Put it up for auction. Somebody will pay you a lot of money for the ball. He’ll keep it for a couple of days and then give it to me.”
I like to think of Maris being a conservative, and Jeter, a Liberal.
"Of the 48,000 fans at Yankee Stadium on Saturday, Christian Lopez was the one to catch Derek Jeter's historic home run and 3,000th hit. He offered it to Jeter without asking for anything more than a brief meeting with the star player. The Yankees awarded Lopez's generosity with season tickets for the rest of the year, including the playoffs." YouTube.
2. Christian Lopez, Who Caught Jeter's 3,000th Hit Ball, Has No Regrets About Giving It Back. No regrets. The Derek Jeter fan who gave back the historic 3,000th-hit ball that his idol blasted into the left-field stands -- a memento worth about $250,000 -- yesterday said he'd do it again "100 times."Apr 20, 2016
brandonsteiner.com › blogs › news › 120304195-christian-lopez-who-c...
Christian Lopez, Who Caught Jeter's 3,000th Hit Ball, Has No ...
Jeter could have declined the ball, and told Lopez to put it on Ebay....would have changed the kid's life.
3. "Roger Maris’ $5,000 advice to Sal Durante, who caught his 61st homer
Sal Durante was 19 years old in 1961 when he caught Roger Maris’ record-breaking 61st home run ball, and it was an experience he cherished for 60 years.Durante was with his girlfriend, Rosemarie, who would become his wife, on a double date in the right field bleachers for Yankees-Red Sox — and she paid for the tickets.
“I was broke at the time, and Rosemarie loaned me $10...
Durante was happy to return the ball and receive nothing but a “thank you” from Maris in return. Instead, he recalled Maris telling him, “Keep it, kid. Put it up for auction. Somebody will pay you a lot of money for the ball. He’ll keep it for a couple of days and then give it to me.”
Roger Maris’ $5,000 advice to Sal Durante, who caught his 61st homer
Sal Durante was 19 years old in 1961 when he caught Roger Maris’ record-breaking 61st home run ball.
nypost.com
I like to think of Maris being a conservative, and Jeter, a Liberal.