Monday night, I had dinner with my brother-in-law and we reminisced about a Yankee game we went to many years ago. On Sunday, he had gone to the new Yankee Stadium with a group from his job. He mentioned that you can purchase all kinds of memorabilia from Charley Steiner Collectibles being sold at the stadium. He said we should have kept the ticket stub from that day many years ago because it was an important day in Yankee history. Derek Jeter had come to New York.
As Mister Peabody would say, “Sherman, let’s set the Wayback Machine to June 2, 1995. That’s where we’ll find Derek Jeter playing his first game in Yankee Stadium.”
It was a cool June Friday evening. We had 4 tickets in the upper deck in right field for the game between the Yankees and the California Angels. It was the beginning of a long home stand for the Yankees after returning from the west coast. Jeter had been called up and played 3 games in Seattle before making his home debut. He replaced Tony Fernandez who was put on the DL. He was 3 for 11 with 1 RBI in Seattle but in his home debut, he was 0 for 3. He was sent back to the minors on June 13 and played 2 other games in a September call-up. He played a total of 15 games that year and batted .250 with 0 homers and 7 RBI.
In 1996, Jeter played in all 162 games, batted .314, won the AL Rookie of the Year award, and won the first of his 5 World Series Championships. And, the rest, they say, is history.
For what it’s worth, that’s Bubba’s SportsEye View.
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