One day during the 1996 season rookie shortstop Derek Jeter passed by Mariano Duncan’s locker in the Yankees clubhouse and asked the second baseman the following question.
“We play today?”
Duncan’s reply was very simple and right to the point.
“We win today … Dassit”
So was born the slogan that would define the 1996 New York Yankees. The phrase became so popular that Duncan had t-shirts made bearing the words, “We play today, we win today, dassit!