Almost equalling the story of Derek Jeter getting his 3000th hit, going 5 for 5 getting to 3003 hits, and driving in the winning run..... was...
The story of Christian Lopez.
He caught Jeter's HR in the bleachers. He is a 23 year old cell phone salesman. Die hard Yankee fan. He catches the ball, and IMMEDIATELY becomes A LOT richer. He can E-Bay the ball, and get about $300,000 - $1,000,000 from some wealthy Yankee/Jeter fan or Jeter himself, or the Yankees, or the Baseball HOF. So, what does Lopez do? When the Yankee organization finds him in the stands 6 minutes after he catches the homerun.... he gives it back to Jeter, asking for nothing in return. Nothing. When asked why he would do such a thing his answer.... "Because Jeter worked very hard to achieve this, and I am not the type of person to take it away from him." Very honorable. And the Yankees without provocation rewarded him. He received suite tickets to every remaining Yankee games this season, as well as a myriad of other suite tickets to events. He also received signed jerseys from many members of the Yankees as well as bats and balls signed by Yankees, and also a chance to meet Jeter after the game. When told that he gave the ball over and asked for NOTHING, I hope Jeter feels the urge to give him the $300,000 he likely would have made selling the ball. It would make the perfect ending to this amazing story of a 23 year old who showed tremendous integrity and honor.