On May 7, 1996, the New York Yankees took on the Detroit Tigers in what appeared to be an unexciting matchup on a Tuesday night in the Bronx. The man who took the ball for the Yankees was six-year veteran Scott Kamieniecki — a player who, judging from his stat line, was a perfectly serviceable sixth starter but not somebody worth counting on for a big game. The Tigers, meanwhile, sent second-year Felipe Lira to the mound; he pretty much fit the same category. It would turn out to be a memorable game, however, as the Yankees sent 15 batters to the plate in the sixth, scoring eight runs to power them to a 12-5 victory.
One fan’s reflections on Derek Jeter’s career through the years
