New York - Christian Lopez was at the bottom of several piles during his days playing football at small St. Lawrence University. So, finding himself buried under a hoard of Yankee Stadium fans Saturday wasn't exactly a new experience.
What was different, however, was that instead of cradling a fumbled pigskin in his arms, the 6-foot-5 former lineman happened to be clutching Derek Jeter's 3,000th career hit after the New York star homered in the third inning off Tampa Bay's David Price.
The specially marked ball landed in the first row of Section 236 in the left-field bleachers, avidly pursued by a dozen other fans. Lucky to land the prize, Lopez was happy to give it back to Jeter.
''I was taking a picture, hoping he would hit it, and the next thing I know, it's in the air and I see my dad diving across a crowd of people,'' Lopez said after a whirlwind series of in-game interviews with the media and a postgame meeting with Jeter and several other Yankees. ''My dad missed it, because he has awful hands. The next thing I know, I just saw the ball roll in front of me and I jumped on it. It was instinct.''
Lopez was rewarded with four front-row Legends seats for the remainder of the 2011 season, including the postseason, along with three bats and three balls signed by Jeter, plus two jerseys autographed by Jeter.
Lopez did not ask for anything and said he just wanted Jeter to have the ball.
This guy has to be a huge sucker. Jeter smacks one into the left field bleachers for his 3,000th hit and the only thing going through Christians Lopez's mind is to give the damn ball back and not even ask for anything? Shit, you might as well have acted like one of those dumbass Cubs fans and thrown the ball back onto the field. Have a little common sense Christian, that ball is probably worth $100K on the opens market. You know how much those signed bats and balls are worth? Not $100K.
You can bet your bottom dollar that giving that ball back would not have even crossed the RBG's mind. First of all, I can't stand baseball and especially baseball purists, so I know holding that ball for a king's ransom would irritate the shit out of all the baseball guys, so that alone would bring a huge smile to my face. People llike Tims Kurkjian crying about how Jeter or MLB should have the ball on SportsCenter would make my fucking day. But if I caught this ball, I would be on the first plane to Vegas and going straight to see my boy Chumslee and the rest of the Pawns Star. Make a nice little pay day and head straight to Pure and pop bottles and make it rain all damn night.
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