Sports trading card manufacturer Topps announced Wednesday it will produce a baseball card for the fan who caught Derek Jeter's 3,000th career hit.
Christian Lopez, who gave back the historic ball that Jeter blasted into the left-field stands July 9, will now have his own piece of memorabilia that will be included in Topps' 2012 baseball set.
"We will be producing a card of Christian Lopez, the fan who in a selfless act returned Jeter's 3000th hit ball!" Topps announced on its Twitter account.
Lopez, a 23-year-old cell phone salesman, attracted the attention of baseball fans around the world after he returned the prized memento, which had been valued at about $250,000.
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As a reward for his selfless act, Lopez was given tickets to the rest of the Yankees' 32 home games, worth at least $44,800.
The freebies included four tickets for the pricey "Legend" section for one game, worth a total of $6,000, and then four tickets for each of the rest of the games in the stadium's "Championship" section, where seats go for $350.
Jeter personally gave Lopez three signed bats, three signed baseballs and three signed jerseys.
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