[新聞] Fan returns 3,000th hit to Jeter

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Fan returns 3,000th hit to Jeter, team rewards his generosity

By 'Duk

As a 23-year-old cell phone salesman, Christian Lopez had thousands of
reasons to hold out for the highest bidder on the baseball from Derek
Jeter's(notes) 3,000th hit. In fact, some estimates put the ball's worth at
$250,000, money that the recent graduate from St. Lawrence University could
have certainly used.

And yet when New York Yankees officials found Lopez after he corralled
Jeter's historic home run, the only thing that the big Yankees fan wanted was
to return the ball to the man who had hit it.

身為一個23歲的手機推銷員，Christian Lopez有一大堆理由把這個球留著，等待最高
出價者購買Jeter這顆第三千安打的小白球。事實上，有人估計這球價值約25萬美元，
這筆大錢對一位剛從St. Lawrence大學畢業的社會新鮮人真的很好用。

然而就在Lopez搶下Jeter這顆有重大歷史意義的全壘打球後，洋基隊官方找來Lopez，
這位死忠洋基迷唯一的願望就是把球還給擊中它的人。

Yes, Lopez was willing to just give away what seemed like a sure lottery
ticket

"No, not really," Lopez said when Yankees announcer Michael Kay later asked
him if he asked for anything in return. "He deserves this, he's worked hard
for this ... I'm not the type of person to take this away from him."

是的，Lopez真的願意放棄這顆看起來像是樂透大獎的球。

當洋基主播Michael Kay問到，他是否想要一些回報。Lopez這樣說的：『沒啦，沒這回
事，這是Jeter應得的，他這麼努力就是為了這顆球.......，我不是那種人，不會把這
球從他身上奪走。』

That's a pretty nice gesture, no doubt. But lest you think the Yankees were
just going to take the ball away without any compensation, they rewarded
Lopez's generosity with a pretty nice package. According to Kay, Lopez will
receive four tickets to a suite for every remaining game at Yankee Stadium
this season (including any possible playoff games) plus first row Legends
Suite tickets to Sunday's game. He will also receive an assortment of bats
and jerseys, plus the opportunity to meet Jeter.

這是一個相當不錯的行為，毫無疑問。但為了避免讓你認為洋基只拿了球卻沒有任何補
償，他們用一套相當不錯的禮物，來答謝Lopez的大方。據Kay所說，Lopez 將會收到每
場四張貴賓室門票，在本季還未打的每場洋基主場比賽都能進場(包含任何季後賽)，還
加上週日比賽第一排座位的 Legends Suite門票。他還會收到各式的球棒和球衣，還加
上可以和Jeter碰面。

Update: And, topping it off, a 5-4 Yankees victory in which Jeter drove in
the go-ahead run in the eighth to cap a 5 for 5 day in the batter's box.
Lopez was a guest of honor at one of the best Yankees games of the season.

Not a bad haul for someone who was at the game on birthday tickets he
received from his girlfriend. And while there are going to be plenty of
people who question his decision, I'm guessing that the integrity Lopez
showed in returning the ball to Jeter is going to benefit him in his life and
future career as well.

What would you have done?

而且更猛的是，在洋基以5比4贏得勝利的比賽裡，Jeter在八局打了超前分，繳出了
5打數5安打的亮麗成績。Lopez有幸成為貴賓，參與洋基本季其中最棒的一場比賽。

從女朋友手上收到的生日禮物是棒球比賽的門票，實在不賴。儘管有許多人會質疑
他的決定，但我猜Lopez把球完整的還給Jeter，對他的未來人生反倒有益。

如果接到球的是你，你會怎麼做？

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Watch an interview with Lopez on YES

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推 ckbaboon    :plus the opportunity to meet Jeter
TKS
推 cyhung1025  :我也覺得說不定是其實是很聰明的決定
→ knetlalala  :他還慶幸昨天rain out才讓他遇上Jeter的3000安
推 numb124     :"take the ball away from him"   >///<
推 wangtime    :推~把球還給擊出它的人 比向錢看更有意義
推 realgenius  :同意還球是正確的  也對自己最有利
推 chancewen   :(≧▽≦)b
推 TrueTears   :他收到那些東西價值應該也有25萬鎂了 XD
推 seto        :4 tickets to a suite指的不是套票  是指四張可以進
→ seto        :球場裡面有個champion suite包廂的票  訪談裡面有提
→ seto        :上Yankees官網搜尋一下champion suite就可以找到
→ seto        :票價還真是很貴....不過裡面似乎蠻高級的
那麼我就翻“每場4張貴賓室門票”，OK嗎
※ 編輯: poplc           來自: 61.60.223.108        (07/10 09:35)
推 seto        :意思接近應該OK啦  感謝你的翻譯
推 sunnyfin    :
推 OoyaoO      :我記得有版友PO過裡面的照片 很高級
推 krara       :$17,390 REGULAR GAME PRICE
推 sylviehsiang:去應徵，丟履歷，主管是ny迷，看到這經歷就錄取了
推 lanver1220  :反而更賺 = =+
推 krara       :標準的天上掉下來的禮物。
推 dp44        :要個10萬鎂+那些東西XD
推 pipiann     :主場包廂票價2625
推 yamatai     :他現在去開手機店當老闆搞不好三年內都很多人來
→ yamatai     :裡面就以三千安為主題佈置一下，還有他跟Jeter合照
→ yamatai     :光那些包廂票賣掉就賺翻了
推 jackielin   :今天剛從現場回來 hi爆了
推 jacky1990b  :樓上好閃QQ
推 lovemost    :我猜我一定會拿上網去賣...
推 sky629      :拿去賣..幾年後沒人記得 不求回報..光是出名往後的
→ sky629      :利益和贊許 覺對超過賣錢的價值 而且跟Jeter一起留名
推 jackielin   :全場都在羨慕那個人 真的超爽
推 wen8499     :有圖有真相！
推 charles1975 :真正的棒球迷...我也會這樣做！
推 po5980      :要慶幸隊長3000安是個HR 不然還沒得撿
推 OoyaoO      :不一定啦 場地二安也有XD
推 prereality  :說不定還跟隊長變朋友XD
推 iambiaggi   :光是以後Jeter都找他拿手機，變成活招牌就賺翻了XDDD
→ iambiaggi   :而且能在棒球史上留下美名....花再多的錢都買不到唷
推 yuuyee      :衝著3千安球大方還回去的名聲來賣手機 25W鎂不是問題
推 jim1029     :"每場四張"的每場拿掉吧 應該是四張任何場次都可以用
推 askj        :他才23歲 XD 看起來很像35+了 XD
推 kiuo        :明明就是接下來主場的比賽都能拿到4張票是要拿掉什麼
推 iambiaggi   :堂堂洋基球團就只給四張票，這有可能嗎?  XDD