XL Country 100.7 KXLB Radio » derek jeter http://xlcountry.com Sun, 19 May 2013 15:50:29 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 Fan Who Gave Back Ball from Derek Jeter's 3,000th Hit Could Face Between $5,000 and $13,000 in Taxes http://xlcountry.com/fan-who-gave-back-ball-from-derek-jeters-3000th-hit-could-face-between-5000-and-13000-in-taxes/ http://xlcountry.com/fan-who-gave-back-ball-from-derek-jeters-3000th-hit-could-face-between-5000-and-13000-in-taxes/#comments Wed, 13 Jul 2011 13:10:35 +0000 XL Country http://xlcountry.com/?p=14492 When Christian Lopez caught the home run that was Derek Jeter's 3,000th hit last week, he gave the historic ball to the Yankee's shortstop without asking for any money, even though it may have fetched over $100,000 on the open market.

The taxman isn't being so generous with Lopez.

]]> http://xlcountry.com/fan-who-gave-back-ball-from-derek-jeters-3000th-hit-could-face-between-5000-and-13000-in-taxes/feed/ 0 Nick Laham, Getty Images Derek Jeter Scores 3000th Hit, Fan Returns Ball [VIDEO] http://xlcountry.com/derek-jeter-scores-3000th-hit-fan-returns-ball-video/ http://xlcountry.com/derek-jeter-scores-3000th-hit-fan-returns-ball-video/#comments Mon, 11 Jul 2011 15:14:15 +0000 XL Country http://xlcountry.com/?p=14371 Playing in front of a sold-out hometown crowd on Saturday, Derek Jeter sent his record-setting 3,000th hit deep into left-field, making him the 28th major leaguer and first New York Yankees player to reach the hitting milestone.

And who caught the potentially money-making ball? Christian Lopez, a 23-year-old fan whose girlfriend gave him tickets to the game as a birthday present.

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