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If you haven’t seen “Moneyball”, you should.

If you have seen it, you’ll recognize this scene.

I was heavily criticized here for not getting teary eyed over Christian Lopez’ decision not to sell the baseball that Derek Jeter hit for his 3,000th hit.

I was rooting for greed when I said he should sell it to the highest bidder.

I still think Lopez is a schmuck for not selling it even after learning that Topps is giving him his own baseball card.

Selling it wouldn’t have been greed. It would have been taking advantage of a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity.

I became even more convinced that he is a schmuck when I read how much the Yankees are milking Jeter’s 3,000th hit.

Google “Jeter 3,000th hit memorabilia” and you’ll see that there is actually an official Jeter 3,o00th hit logo.

Funny, I don’t remember a Roberto Clemente 3,000th hit logo.

Don’t get me wrong. I don’t blame the Yankees or Jeter for cashing in.

If there are people out there willing to pay $40 for a Yankees hat with that 3,000th hit logo, then the Yankees and Major League Baseball would be foolish not to take their money.

It’s not greed. Just business.

And more proof that fans get more gullible every day.

I can’t believe that the guy who caught Derek Jeter’s 3,000th hit at Yankees Stadium didn’t auction the ball to the highest bidder.

He gave the ball to Jeter and ended up with some nice seats for Yankees games.

Big whoop.

Estimates are that he could have gotten $250,000.

That would have bought a lot of tickets.

Oh, wait. It’s Yankee Stadium.

It would have bought a few tickets.

The point is that the guy is a schmuck for giving the ball to Jeter.

If the ball were that important to Jeter, he would pay the $250,000.

Now, I wonder if Jeter will be willing to pick up this guy’s tax bill.

That’s right. The IRS is going to be expecting some money for all those wonderful gifts that Christian Lopez got.

And to prove even further that he is a schmuck, Lopez said the doesn’t have a problem with that.

This is one more in a long list of reasons for getting rid of the income tax.