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catlover79 · 07-09-2011, 06:07 PM

http://www.fox8.com/news/nationworld...,6712313.story

By DOM AMORE

The Hartford Courant

2:03 p.m. EDT, July 9, 2011

New York— Derek Jeter's importance to the Yankees and his place in baseball history has often defied statistical definition. But he now has a significant number to go next to his name.

Jeter collected his 3,000th career hit on Saturday at Yankee Stadium, a home run off Tampa Bay's David Price at 2 p.m. on the dot. It was his 237th homer, only his third this season- he is not known for hitting them, but neither was Wade Boggs, whose 3,000th hit in 1998 was also a home run. It was a long one, too, clearing the first section of seats in left and landing in the bleachers, where some lucky fan was likely to recoup a six-figure reward.

The home run was Jeter's first at Yankee Stadium in more than a year and tied the game in the third inning.

Jeter was mobbed by teammates after he crossed home plate, the crowd standing and cheering for several minutes, and calling Jeter out. Jeter emerged from the dugout and lifted his fist for another roar. The crowd chanted his name for several more minutes, until Curtis Granderson came up to bat at 2:04 p.m.

Jeter , 37,became the 28th player in major league history to reach the 3,000 hit mark, and entry into this group virtually assures future Hall of Fame status. With 60 more hits, he would move into the top 20 in history. It took Jeter 2,362 games to reach the mark; only seven have done it in fewer games, only six others have done it before turning 38.

The home run ball was caught in the bleachers by Christian Lopez, 23, of Highland Mills, N.Y., who returned the ball to Jeter. Yankee Stadium was filled for the occasion, many of the fans paying far above face value in anticipation that this could be the day. When the Yankees-Rays game on Friday was postponed by rain, it left Jeter needing two hits in two games to reach the milestone where he wanted most to do it, before his home fans.

Leading off the bottom of the first inning, Jeter worked the count full against David Price, then fouled off two pitches as the anticipation built. Then Jeter hit a ground ball between the third baseman and shortstop, a clean single, and the crowd erupted with a long, standing roar. One to go.

In the third inning, he came to bat with one out, again worked the count full and drove Price's curve ball far over the left-field wall. Jeter, who was first called up to the Yankees in 1995, got his first major league hit against Seattle's Tim Belcher on May 30 of that season. He became the Yankees starting shortstop at the start of the 1996 season, and got his 1,000th off Detroit's Steve Sparks on Sept. 25, 2000; his 2,000th on May 26, 2006 against Kansas City's Scott Elarton; and his 2,722nd, to break Lou Gehrig's Yankees record, on Sept. 11, 2009 against Baltimore's Chris Tillman.

Jeter went on to get five hits in the game, including a single in the bottom of the eighth inning to drive in the tie-breaking run and lift the Yankees to a 5-4 victory over the Tampa Bay Rays. So he now has 3,003 hits. Only Craig Biggio of the Houston Astros, in 2007, got five hits in the game in which he reached 3,000.

A .312 career hitter, Jeter has averaged 206 hits per 162 games throughout his career, but his productivity has slowed since 2009, when he hit .334 with 212 hits. Last season he hit .270 with 179 hits. This year, having missed three weeks with a strained calf muscle, he's hitting .259 with 73 hits in 67 games, prompting suggestions he should be dropped to the bottom of the batting order. He came off the disabled list, six hits shy, on July 4 and and reach the goal in his fifth game since returning.

Copyright © 2011, The Hartford Courant

Dork · 07-09-2011, 08:11 PM

The Yankees still SUCK!

TJL · 07-09-2011, 09:07 PM

I was blown away that his 3,000th hit was a home run. What a way to enter the record books.

Congrats Derek!

Penny Lane · 07-10-2011, 10:19 AM

As much as I hate the Yankees I like Derek Jeter. He's a Michigan boy! Congrats Derek!

Brian Damage · 07-10-2011, 10:37 AM

3k for DJ! Congratulations on a Hall Of Fame Career!

Penny Lane · 07-10-2011, 11:17 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Brian Damage

3k for DJ! Congratulations on a Hall Of Fame Career!

Yes! And WITHOUT steroids!

catlover79 · 07-12-2011, 02:38 PM

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Tue Jul 12 12:18pm EDT

Buzzkill: Fan may owe taxes on rewards for Jeter’s 3,000th

By Ian Casselberry

Christian Lopez might end up wishing he kept that baseball after all.

Lopez became more than a footnote to the spectacle of Derek Jeter getting his 3,000th hit on Saturday at Yankee Stadium by returning the milestone baseball to the New York Yankees shortstop rather than cash it in for a likely six-figure payday. That touched off a debate still raging among fans days later: Would you have given the ball back or sold it to the highest bidder for a payday that was rumored as high as $250,000?

For his gesture, Lopez was rewarded by the Yankees with luxury box tickets for the rest of the season (including postseason), along with signed baseballs, bats and jerseys from Jeter. In addition, Lopez received four premium front-row seats to last Sunday's Yankees-Rays game.

Nice haul, right? Sure, but with those generous gifts comes tax liability. As George Harrison once sang for the Beatles, "Let me tell you how it will be; There's one for you, nineteen for me. 'Cause I'm the Taxman."

The IRS will likely consider Lopez's gratuities from the Yankees as income, and if so, he could end up having to pay anywhere from $5,000 to $13,000 in taxes, according to the New York Daily News. The New York Times, meanwhile, says the face value of the tickets to the remaining 32 regular season games at Yankee Stadium are worth anywhere between $44,800 and $73,600. The paper's conservative estimate puts Lopez's tax bill at $14,000.

Lopez, however, seems unfazed by these revelations.

If the IRS comes calling, he says he'll pay those taxes:

"Worse comes to worse, I'll have to pay the taxes," he told the Daily News on Monday. "I'm not going to return the seats. I have a lot of family and friends who will help me out if need be.

"The IRS has a job to do, so I'm not going to hold it against them, but it would be cool if they helped me out a little on this."

It's unclear from the quote whether the "they" Lopez refers to means the IRS or the Yankees. The IRS could obviously help him out by considering the items he was rewarded as gifts, rather than income. Then he wouldn't owe as much in taxes.

But could Derek Jeter or the Yankees also step in and pay the taxes for Lopez? One tax expert the Daily News spoke to made that very suggestion.

What a buzzkill. Lopez expressed hope that his parents would help him out with whatever taxes he might owe. But they could rightfully point out that some of that memorabilia — not to mention many of those tickets — could be sold off to cover his expenses. (Lopez might have to do that anyway, telling reporters that he still owes more than $100,000 in student loans.)

Lopez being essentially punished for what so many saw as a good deed and selfless act makes for a troubling epilogue to a nice story.

But maybe there's still a happy ending to come.

07-09-2011, 06:07 PM	#1
catlover79 God Bless Val Forum Addict Join Date: May 29, 2006 Location: Bewitched in Ohio Posts: 70,392	Yankees' Derek Jeter Hits Home Run For 3,000th Career Hit http://www.fox8.com/news/nationworld...,6712313.story By DOM AMORE The Hartford Courant 2:03 p.m. EDT, July 9, 2011 New York— Derek Jeter's importance to the Yankees and his place in baseball history has often defied statistical definition. But he now has a significant number to go next to his name. Jeter collected his 3,000th career hit on Saturday at Yankee Stadium, a home run off Tampa Bay's David Price at 2 p.m. on the dot. It was his 237th homer, only his third this season- he is not known for hitting them, but neither was Wade Boggs, whose 3,000th hit in 1998 was also a home run. It was a long one, too, clearing the first section of seats in left and landing in the bleachers, where some lucky fan was likely to recoup a six-figure reward. The home run was Jeter's first at Yankee Stadium in more than a year and tied the game in the third inning. Jeter was mobbed by teammates after he crossed home plate, the crowd standing and cheering for several minutes, and calling Jeter out. Jeter emerged from the dugout and lifted his fist for another roar. The crowd chanted his name for several more minutes, until Curtis Granderson came up to bat at 2:04 p.m. Jeter , 37,became the 28th player in major league history to reach the 3,000 hit mark, and entry into this group virtually assures future Hall of Fame status. With 60 more hits, he would move into the top 20 in history. It took Jeter 2,362 games to reach the mark; only seven have done it in fewer games, only six others have done it before turning 38. The home run ball was caught in the bleachers by Christian Lopez, 23, of Highland Mills, N.Y., who returned the ball to Jeter. Yankee Stadium was filled for the occasion, many of the fans paying far above face value in anticipation that this could be the day. When the Yankees-Rays game on Friday was postponed by rain, it left Jeter needing two hits in two games to reach the milestone where he wanted most to do it, before his home fans. Leading off the bottom of the first inning, Jeter worked the count full against David Price, then fouled off two pitches as the anticipation built. Then Jeter hit a ground ball between the third baseman and shortstop, a clean single, and the crowd erupted with a long, standing roar. One to go. In the third inning, he came to bat with one out, again worked the count full and drove Price's curve ball far over the left-field wall. Jeter, who was first called up to the Yankees in 1995, got his first major league hit against Seattle's Tim Belcher on May 30 of that season. He became the Yankees starting shortstop at the start of the 1996 season, and got his 1,000th off Detroit's Steve Sparks on Sept. 25, 2000; his 2,000th on May 26, 2006 against Kansas City's Scott Elarton; and his 2,722nd, to break Lou Gehrig's Yankees record, on Sept. 11, 2009 against Baltimore's Chris Tillman. Jeter went on to get five hits in the game, including a single in the bottom of the eighth inning to drive in the tie-breaking run and lift the Yankees to a 5-4 victory over the Tampa Bay Rays. So he now has 3,003 hits. Only Craig Biggio of the Houston Astros, in 2007, got five hits in the game in which he reached 3,000. A .312 career hitter, Jeter has averaged 206 hits per 162 games throughout his career, but his productivity has slowed since 2009, when he hit .334 with 212 hits. Last season he hit .270 with 179 hits. This year, having missed three weeks with a strained calf muscle, he's hitting .259 with 73 hits in 67 games, prompting suggestions he should be dropped to the bottom of the batting order. He came off the disabled list, six hits shy, on July 4 and and reach the goal in his fifth game since returning. Copyright © 2011, The Hartford Courant Attached Images
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07-12-2011, 02:38 PM	#7
catlover79 God Bless Val Forum Addict Join Date: May 29, 2006 Location: Bewitched in Ohio Posts: 70,392	Buzzkill: Fan may owe taxes on rewards for Jeter’s 3,000th http://sports.yahoo.com/mlb/blog/big...rn=mlb-wp12427 Tue Jul 12 12:18pm EDT Buzzkill: Fan may owe taxes on rewards for Jeter’s 3,000th By Ian Casselberry Christian Lopez might end up wishing he kept that baseball after all. Lopez became more than a footnote to the spectacle of Derek Jeter getting his 3,000th hit on Saturday at Yankee Stadium by returning the milestone baseball to the New York Yankees shortstop rather than cash it in for a likely six-figure payday. That touched off a debate still raging among fans days later: Would you have given the ball back or sold it to the highest bidder for a payday that was rumored as high as $250,000? For his gesture, Lopez was rewarded by the Yankees with luxury box tickets for the rest of the season (including postseason), along with signed baseballs, bats and jerseys from Jeter. In addition, Lopez received four premium front-row seats to last Sunday's Yankees-Rays game. Nice haul, right? Sure, but with those generous gifts comes tax liability. As George Harrison once sang for the Beatles, "Let me tell you how it will be; There's one for you, nineteen for me. 'Cause I'm the Taxman." The IRS will likely consider Lopez's gratuities from the Yankees as income, and if so, he could end up having to pay anywhere from $5,000 to $13,000 in taxes, according to the New York Daily News. The New York Times, meanwhile, says the face value of the tickets to the remaining 32 regular season games at Yankee Stadium are worth anywhere between $44,800 and $73,600. The paper's conservative estimate puts Lopez's tax bill at $14,000. Lopez, however, seems unfazed by these revelations. If the IRS comes calling, he says he'll pay those taxes: "Worse comes to worse, I'll have to pay the taxes," he told the Daily News on Monday. "I'm not going to return the seats. I have a lot of family and friends who will help me out if need be. "The IRS has a job to do, so I'm not going to hold it against them, but it would be cool if they helped me out a little on this." It's unclear from the quote whether the "they" Lopez refers to means the IRS or the Yankees. The IRS could obviously help him out by considering the items he was rewarded as gifts, rather than income. Then he wouldn't owe as much in taxes. But could Derek Jeter or the Yankees also step in and pay the taxes for Lopez? One tax expert the Daily News spoke to made that very suggestion. What a buzzkill. Lopez expressed hope that his parents would help him out with whatever taxes he might owe. But they could rightfully point out that some of that memorabilia — not to mention many of those tickets — could be sold off to cover his expenses. (Lopez might have to do that anyway, telling reporters that he still owes more than $100,000 in student loans.) Lopez being essentially punished for what so many saw as a good deed and selfless act makes for a troubling epilogue to a nice story. But maybe there's still a happy ending to come. Attached Images

07-09-2011, 08:11 PM	#2
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