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I can't wait to get my 3000 hit Jeter coin
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This will be a great coin to add to my collection and they are now on sale.
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Babe Ruth was a god.
rainbowroosie April 1, 2003
Not really looking for much these days but if I were, it might be a toner.
<< <i>Hard to believe that the guy who got the home run ball gave it back! He could have made a load of cash from auctioning that thing. If Jeter wanted the ball back so bad he would have been able to buy it from the auction. Instead the guy takes a few autographed items and good seats for the rest of the season....INSANITY! >>
I know this is off topic, but everything he got basically made him a walking endorsement for the team and for Jetter. And he's not even getting paid to do it.
<< <i>Hard to believe that the guy who got the home run ball gave it back! He could have made a load of cash from auctioning that thing. If Jeter wanted the ball back so bad he would have been able to buy it from the auction. Instead the guy takes a few autographed items and good seats for the rest of the season....INSANITY! >>
Sounds like a stand up guy to me.
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<< <i>Hard to believe that the guy who got the home run ball gave it back! He could have made a load of cash from auctioning that thing. If Jeter wanted the ball back so bad he would have been able to buy it from the auction. Instead the guy takes a few autographed items and good seats for the rest of the season....INSANITY! >>
I know this is off topic, but everything he got basically made him a walking endorsement for the team and for Jetter. And he's not even getting paid to do it.
Sad. Could you imagine the US Coins you could buy after you auction that ball? Sweet sweet U.S. Coins I tell ya!
Not really looking for much these days but if I were, it might be a toner.
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<< <i>Hard to believe that the guy who got the home run ball gave it back! He could have made a load of cash from auctioning that thing. If Jeter wanted the ball back so bad he would have been able to buy it from the auction. Instead the guy takes a few autographed items and good seats for the rest of the season....INSANITY! >>
Sounds like a stand up guy to me. >>
I didn't say otherwise. I just referred to the action as insane. He/girlfriend paid for his tickets to the game, home run balls are always kept by the fans, a special ball comes your way and you give it away? The fan clearly risked his life getting the ball and he deserved it. I think the Yankees swept the guy away and pressured him to give it up for whatever he wanted at the time...granted in this case, a lot of pressure was not needed. The guy is young, he could have put the money into long term investments and never needed to worry about his future/retirement.
I have always made good money but since I have been out of work for more than 4 months I think about these things. A bit of cash for a "Rainy Several Months" would be a good thing to have!
Not really looking for much these days but if I were, it might be a toner.
His commemorative coin would be big as your Momma's house.
Jeter Schmeter!!
how many boxes of baseball cards do you have under your bed???
rainbowroosie April 1, 2003
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<< <i> The guy is young, he could have put the money into long term investments and never needed to worry about his future/retirement.
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I doubt it. Is that ball worth more than 200K? Not sure that would be enough.
You can say it was dumb to give it up, on the other hand it is a classy thing to do. It's not like the Yankees and/or Jeter are ever going to sell it off.
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<< <i>Hard to believe that the guy who got the home run ball gave it back! He could have made a load of cash from auctioning that thing. If Jeter wanted the ball back so bad he would have been able to buy it from the auction. Instead the guy takes a few autographed items and good seats for the rest of the season....INSANITY! >>
Sounds like a stand up guy to me. >>
A stand up fool if you ask me. Jeter and the Yankees will make millions just from T shirts.
They shouldn't let the back wheels run them over once they jump this coming October.
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<< <i>I doubt it. Is that ball worth more than 200K? Not sure that would be enough.
You can say it was dumb to give it up, on the other hand it is a classy thing to do. It's not like the Yankees and/or Jeter are ever going to sell it off. >>
The Yankees and Jeter will make plenty of money from merchandise commemorating the event...they do not have to sell the ball you know. The guy is 23 years old! It does not need to be $200,000 or anything close! Have you ever done compounded interest calculations?
Granted in 40 years this will not be a ton of money but it will certainly be enough money to be a nice cushion/supplement to any other wealth he has built!!!!!!!!!!!!
$50,000 compounded at 8% Interest for 40 Years with nothing added to it is $1,086,226.07
SIGN ME UP FOR AN EXTRA MILLION DOLLARS ANY DAY! THANK YOU!
Not really looking for much these days but if I were, it might be a toner.
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<< <i>I doubt it. Is that ball worth more than 200K? Not sure that would be enough.
You can say it was dumb to give it up, on the other hand it is a classy thing to do. It's not like the Yankees and/or Jeter are ever going to sell it off. >>
The Yankees and Jeter will make plenty of money from merchandise commemorating the event...they do not have to sell the ball you know. The guy is 23 years old! It does not need to be $200,000 or anything close! Have you ever done compounded interest calculations?
Granted in 40 years this will not be a ton of money but it will certainly be enough money to be a nice cushion/supplement to any other wealth he has built!!!!!!!!!!!!
$50,000 compounded at 8% Interest for 40 Years with nothing added to it is $1,086,226.07
SIGN ME UP FOR AN EXTRA MILLION DOLLARS ANY DAY! THANK YOU! >>
Instead, he'll likely get a 1099 from the Yankees for all of the freebies he got and since it appears that he can hardly pay attention as it is, how do you suppose he will pay the taxes on his gift?
<< <i>Instead, he'll likely get a 1099 from the Yankees for all of the freebies he got and since it appears that he can hardly pay attention as it is, how do you suppose he will pay the taxes on his gift? >>
SAD. I was about 23 when I graduated from college with my degree in Finance. It would have been soooo nice to have been given a nice chunk of change at that point in my life.
Not really looking for much these days but if I were, it might be a toner.
I heard the 23 year man is in sales. Can anyone imagine the job offers and sales commissions that might come his way after his decision? New York is a town full of money. $200k doesn't go very far, but good karma, celebrity, knowing people can be worth a lot more. A top salesperson can clear $200k in a few months in New York City. Do you think any big money Yankee fans might want that guy on their payroll? Can you imagine the closing pitch on a sales call, "I gave Jeter his ball back, I will take care of you," when trying to sell something. That will go a long way to Yankee fans, who for good or for ill, run most of the money in the town.
So even by giving the ball back, the young man may well have his cake and eat it too. Selling the ball comes with other problems, such as possible lawsuits from the girl friend who paid for the tickets. There are fees to auctioneers, possibly being disappointed in the selling price (some other balls sold for a lot less than initial estimates), and about 50% going to taxes.
I'd hold out to be a groomsman in his upcoming wedding.
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<< <i>the 23-year-old from Highland Mills, N.Y., was guaranteed at least a $50,000 donation [from a major sporting goods store], given a 2009 World Series ring [also from the store owners], and got an offer to have his taxes covered should the IRS not consider the items Lopez received Saturday gifts. >>
Again, do you think this young man will ever have any trouble finding a decent job in sales in New York City? I don't. He is making connections that can last a lifetime, the kind that might be worth a lot more than a one-shot $200k for a ball sold at auction. So he has the tickets, autographed items, and now adds a ring, and some cash.
<< <i>So has the world really changed for the better because some schmuck got 3000 hits? What about his 7,000 or so outs? Would your boss praise you if you messed up 70% of the time? Yeah, I know one shouldn't expect perfection on the ball diamond. Had he created 3,000 jobs or came up with an effective treatment for certain diseases he might have accomplished something. >>
There is some much misguided ill-will in this post, it is almost beyond belief. I'm sure more than a few share his sentiment though.
Schmuck? Really? Do you even know what the word really means? It is a nasty, nasty insult when spoken in original Yiddish.
As for 3000 hits, in the long history of the fabled Yankee franchise, Jeter is the first, so yes the world is for the better. As for jobs, yes Jeter as entertainer has created far more than 3000 jobs, in the new stadium that more than a few call the "House that Jeter built." The original Yankee stadium was called the House that Ruth built, and Babe Ruth also was the catalyst for far more than 3000 jobs.
It is almost beyond belief that I find myself defending a Yankee.
That said with all the money being made off this ( I just shelled out $120 myself) I would think the Yankess could offer him a few bucks maybe the day's salary Jeter earned that day. I bet he could use the money more than Jeter.
Still giving the ball back is classy and the right thing to do.
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<< <i>Instead, he'll likely get a 1099 from the Yankees for all of the freebies he got and since it appears that he can hardly pay attention as it is, how do you suppose he will pay the taxes on his gift? >>
Yankees said they would cover any taxes assessed against him for the gifts they gave him. Then Topps announced he was going to get his own baseball card... then Steiner and Modell guaranteed him $50,000 to help cover his debt (student loans)... then Modell gave him his personal 2009 Yankees World Series ring.
People with means are going to trip over themselves to help this guy out.
Why? Because as near as anyone can tell his intentions were pure and completely unmotivated by self interest.
I watched his interview on the Today show this morning and left the house a happier guy.
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<< <i>So has the world really changed for the better because some schmuck got 3000 hits? What about his 7,000 or so outs? Would your boss praise you if you messed up 70% of the time? Yeah, I know one shouldn't expect perfection on the ball diamond. Had he created 3,000 jobs or came up with an effective treatment for certain diseases he might have accomplished something. >>
There is some much misguided ill-will in this post, it is almost beyond belief. I'm sure more than a few share his sentiment though.
Schmuck? Really? Do you even know what the word really means? It is a nasty, nasty insult when spoken in original Yiddish.
As for 3000 hits, in the long history of the fabled Yankee franchise, Jeter is the first, so yes the world is for the better. As for jobs, yes Jeter as entertainer has created far more than 3000 jobs, in the new stadium that more than a few call the "House that Jeter built." The original Yankee stadium was called the House that Ruth built, and Babe Ruth also was the catalyst for far more than 3000 jobs.
It is almost beyond belief that I find myself defending a Yankee. >>
My point was that I don't idolize the guy or put him on a pedestal like so many others seem to do. In the grand scheme of things with all of the ills in our country and the world, hitting a baseball seems so trivial. He took many many millions from the game and is laughing his ass off all the way to the bank. IMO it isn't THAT nasty of an insult, at least to me. I suppose it is a tad strong, but it isn't like I was implying that he was a necrophile or something like that. Then again others have suggested that if the truth be known, the word might be appropriate. I used to love baseball, but now I couldn't care less about the game. Same with pro football. To paraphrase an acquaintance, I watch the NFL, but I live for the college game.
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<< <i>So has the world really changed for the better because some schmuck got 3000 hits? What about his 7,000 or so outs? Would your boss praise you if you messed up 70% of the time? Yeah, I know one shouldn't expect perfection on the ball diamond. Had he created 3,000 jobs or came up with an effective treatment for certain diseases he might have accomplished something. >>
There is some much misguided ill-will in this post, it is almost beyond belief. I'm sure more than a few share his sentiment though.
Schmuck? Really? Do you even know what the word really means? It is a nasty, nasty insult when spoken in original Yiddish.
As for 3000 hits, in the long history of the fabled Yankee franchise, Jeter is the first, so yes the world is for the better. As for jobs, yes Jeter as entertainer has created far more than 3000 jobs, in the new stadium that more than a few call the "House that Jeter built." The original Yankee stadium was called the House that Ruth built, and Babe Ruth also was the catalyst for far more than 3000 jobs.
It is almost beyond belief that I find myself defending a Yankee. >>
My point was that I don't idolize the guy or put him on a pedestal like so many others seem to do. In the grand scheme of things with all of the ills in our country and the world, hitting a baseball seems so trivial. He took many many millions from the game and is laughing his ass off all the way to the bank. IMO it isn't THAT nasty of an insult, at least to me. I suppose it is a tad strong, but it isn't like I was implying that he was a necrophile or something like that. Then again others have suggested that if the truth be known, the word might be appropriate. I used to love baseball, but now I couldn't care less about the game. Same with pro football. To paraphrase an acquaintance, I watch the NFL, but I live for the college game. >>
Your comments reflect poorly on you and on this forum. It does again illustrate to me, the low level of average people skills among coin collectors and forumites in general. It brings the forum to a yet another low point in civility, that one of the classiest public figures of all time gets called that. Honestly, I'm not really a Jeter fan, and tend to root openly against the Yankees. That said, I still recognize that out of all the celebrities and public figures in the country (sports, entertainment, science, academics, business, politicians, whatever, all public figures), Jeter is top 5% easy, in terms of class and dignity, maybe top 0.1%. Is Jeter without faults? No, he has many.
As the forum rules state, there is no need to post anything if you only have something nasty and negative to say. To use that word in public is in poor taste. Just so you know for the future, you probably didn't know it was such a strong word, but it is, at least in the original Yiddish it is. The nearest equivalent I can think of, is to call a woman a c*nt.