Christian Lopez, the Yankees fan who caught Derek's Jeter's 3,000th hit, will probably owe the Internal Revenue Service $5,000 to $13,000 in taxes for the estimated $32,000 luxury suite seats the Yankees gave him as a gift, the New York Daily News reports.
Lopez, who was applauded across baseball for giving back the ball without asking for compensation, again reacted with uncommon maturity.
"The IRS has a job to do, so I'm not going to hold it against them," the 23-year-old cell phone sales representative told the Daily News. "But it would be cool if they helped me out a little on this."
First he gives back an invaluable piece of memorabilia without asking anything in return, then bypasses a chance to understandably bash the IRS?
If he weren't a Yankees fan, we'd swear he was a saint.
Joking, of course. Hopefully, somebody can figure a way to help him out.
