Jeter hits 3000 with a HR

[allstarsplus]

Ball given back to Jeter. Yankees reward the kid with Suite seats for the rest of the seaon and post season.

http://www.nydailynews.com/sports/ba...nt_christ.html

[asr1084]

A stand up guy for sure! Hopefully the bats, caps, and jerseys they are giving him are game used....... That will be a memory he will get to share forever!

Congrats to DJ2.....but relieved to see that the right SS will be starting for the AL in the all star game now....

[OaklandAsFan]

Hitting a HR was definately cool but I literally had my money on a double with a 1-1 count (put money down in Vegas before the season on those two things)

[Danny899]

There was an article in the NY times saying the guy that caught the ball will have to pay $14,000 in taxes to the IRS due to the jerseys, bats, balls and tickets he received from the team.

[BULBUS]

There was an article in the NY times saying the guy that caught the ball will have to pay $14,000 in taxes to the IRS due to the jerseys, bats, balls and tickets he received from the team.

If this guy does get stuck with a 14k tax bill, then Jeter and/or the Yankees better step up and fork over the money.

I'm a big fan of Jeter and he seems to do everything right. However, this kid gave up a big pay day to give Jeter back the ball. Tickets and signed memorabilia are nice, but I think Jeter should have stepped it up! The kid is a recent college grad working at Verizon selling phones till he finds a job in his field. It would have been nice if Jeter paid off his student loans (assuming he has them, most of us do) and maybe a car (nothing crazy, a Ford Focus) or something?? This wouldn't put a dent in Jeters wallet.

I would have sold the ball

[ferro39]

agree 10000000%.

jeter and/or the yankees need to step up to the plate for this kid now. he did a good thing. let him enjoy his swag without having him pay the taxes on them

otherwise, the next time a milestone baseball goes into the crowd, you can bet that he or she do sell it

[kudu]

Modells and Miller High Life are offering to pay the taxes:

http://sports.yahoo.com/mlb/blog/big...rn=mlb-wp12669

Also, looks like Modells and Steiner are gonna pay @$50k for his student loans:

http://sports.yahoo.com/mlb/news;_yl...n-baseballcard

Won't he have to pay taxes on those gifts, as well???