Nobody should have cared. The Baltimore Orioles, led by Steve Pearce, Nelson Cruz, and Adam Jones, had a massive lead in the AL East, and they had clinched the division more than a week prior. The Yankees, meanwhile, were slumping to their worst season since 1992 and had just been eliminated from Wild Card contention. It was hard to find a game that meant less to the standings than this one. And yet, millions of households — not only in New York, but throughout the country — tuned in because it was the end of an era: at 7:05 pm ET, Derek Jeter would don the pinstripes for the last time as he played the final home game of his career.
25 Best Yankees Games of the Past 25 Years: Derek Jeter walks off with a walk-off
