Derek Jeter of the New York Yankees v the Baltimore Orioles (Photo credit: HENNY RAY ABRAMS/AFP via Getty Images)
The New York Yankees won an iconic ALCS game in 1996 thanks to Jeffrey Maier (and Derek Jeter).
Entering the 1996 ALCS, the New York Yankees were no longer the preeminent franchise in baseball, and a lot of their iconography was beginning to feel dated. Instead, they were simply another playoff team coming off a five-game choke in Don Mattingly’s finale, the 1995 ALDS, and their key cog was a rookie shortstop (coming off a .