It is the on-deck circle that will live in infamy.

And now, as part of Adrian Beltre celebration weekend, you can own your own miniature version.

The Rangers will officially honor Beltre for becoming the newest member of the 3,000-hit club on Sept. 8 before the game with the New York Yankees. There will be several tributes, and fans who purchase a "special event" ticket will also receive a commemorative Beltre 3K cap. The cap will also be available for the Sept. 9 game, but it is hardly the real treat of the day. On the 9th, the team will give away 15,000 miniature "on-deck circle" mouse pads.

It is both a tribute to Beltre and a nod to the season's funniest moment, which, of course, includes Beltre: The great on-deck circle ejection. In case you have been buried under a rock, or are a Luddite without access to the thing they call "the internet," Beltre was ejected on July 27 by crabby umpire Gerry Davis for moving the on-deck circle to him instead of moving to the on-deck circle.

The on-deck circle mouse pad is also a nice way of enticing fans to a game that was moved from 7:05 p.m. to 12:05 p.m. to accommodate TV.

Of course, Rangers Executive VP of Awesome Ideas Chuck Morgan started thinking of creative ways to have fun with the on-deck circle incident within nanoseconds of Davis giving Beltre the heave-ho. It didn't take long to come up with the on-deck circle/mouse pad idea.

"We just wanted to give the fans their very own Rangers On Deck Circle that they can move around on their desk at work or home, " Morgan said. "Comes complete with an Adrian Beltre signature and without the fear of being ejected."

Fans can visit www.texasrangers.com/Beltre3K to purchase tickets. A cap voucher will be included with all tickets purchased through this special link. There will also be a limited number of caps available at the Texas Rangers Fundation table (located on the 3rd base concourse by section 14) for fans who already have tickets to either the September 8 or 9 games. The caps are available for a $15.00 donation to the Texas Rangers Foundation.