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Jeffrey (Jeff) Maier (born September 24, 1984) is best known for an incident as a young fan when he deflected a ball in play during Game 1 of the 1996 American League Championship Series between the New York Yankees and the Baltimore Orioles. Events 622 - Prophet Muhammad completes his hegira from Mecca to Medina. Year 1984 ( MCMLXXXIV) was a Leap year starting on Sunday (link displays the 1984 Gregorian calendar) The 1996 American League Championship Series ( ALCS) the second round of the 1996 American League playoffs matched the Eastern Division champion The New York Yankees are a professional baseball team based in the borough of The Bronx, in New York City, New York. The Baltimore Orioles are a professional baseball team based in Baltimore, Maryland. His action altered the course of Game 1 ^[1] as the home run allowed the Yankees to tie the score. They would go on to win the game and the series, four games to one.

1 Notorious incident
2 Baseball career
3 See also
4 References
5 External links

Notorious incident

On October 9, 1996, the Yankees trailed the Orioles 4-3 in the bottom of the eighth inning when shortstop Derek Jeter hit a deep fly ball to right field. Events 768 - Carloman I and Charlemagne are crowned Kings of The Franks. Champions Major League Baseball World Series: New York Yankees over Atlanta Braves (4-2 John Wetteland, MVP Shortstop, abbreviated SS, is the baseball fielding position between second and Third base. Derek Sanderson Jeter (ˈʤitɚ born June 26 1974 is an American Major League Baseball player Right fielder Tony Tarasco moved near the fence and appeared "to draw a bead on the ball" ^[2] when the then-12 year old Maier reached over the fence separating the stands and the field of play 9 feet below and deflected the ball into the stands. Anthony Giacinto Tarasco (born December 9, 1970 in New York City) is a former Major league Outfielder for the Atlanta Braves While baseball fans are permitted to catch (and keep) balls hit into the stands, if "a spectator reaches out of the stands, or goes on the playing field, and touches a live ball" ^[3] spectator interference is to be called. In Baseball, interference is an infraction where a person illegally changes the course of play from what is expected

Right field umpire Rich Garcia immediately ruled the play a home run, tying the game at 4-4, despite the protest of Tarasco and Orioles manager Davey Johnson. In Baseball, the umpire is the person charged with officiating the game including beginning and ending the game enforcing the rules of the game and the grounds making Richard Raul Garcia (born May 22 1942 in Key West Florida) is a former umpire in Major League Baseball who worked in the American League from David Allen "Yox" Johnson (born January 30 1943 in Orlando Florida) is a former Second baseman, Designated hitter, and The Yankees would win the game in the eleventh inning on Bernie Williams' walk-off home run. Bernabé Figueroa Williams (born September 13 1968 is a Puerto Rican former Major League Baseball Outfielder and a Guitar -playing In Baseball, a walk-off home run is a Home run that ends the game The Orioles maintained their protest of the Maier play after the conclusion of the game, but their protest was denied by American League President Gene Budig because judgment calls cannot be protested. The American League of Professional Baseball Clubs, or simply the American League ( AL) is one of two leagues that make up Major League Baseball in Gene Budig (born May 11 1939 in McCook, Nebraska) was the president of Major League Baseball 's American League from to After viewing the replay, Garcia admitted that there was spectator interference, though he maintained the ball was not catchable. ^[4] Garcia's contention that the ball was not catchable has been disputed. ^[5] Had Garcia ruled it spectator interference, he would have then used his own judgment to determine what the most likely outcome of the play would be--either an out or awarding Jeter a given number of bases.

The Yankees went on to win the series against Baltimore, four games to one, as well as the World Series against the Atlanta Braves. The 1996 World Series matched the defending champion Atlanta Braves against the New York Yankees, with the Yankees winning in six games to capture their first As a result of the play, a railing was added to the top of the right field wall at Yankee Stadium to prevent fans from reaching over it. The original Yankee Stadium is a Stadium located in The Bronx in New York City.

Meanwhile, in New York, Maier became a minor celebrity. The New York Daily News allowed him to sit behind the Yankee dugout later in the postseason. The Daily News of New York City is the fifth most-widely circulated daily Newspaper in the United States with a daily circulation of 703137 The boy appeared on national talk shows, including The Late Show with David Letterman, and was even awarded the key to New York City by mayor Rudy Giuliani. A talk show ( American) or chat show ( Global) is a Television or Radio program where one person or group of people come together to The Late Show with David Letterman is an Emmy Award -winning American late-night Talk show hosted by David Letterman on CBS KBE Per, "Postnominal letters should be included when they are issued by a country or organization the subject has been closely associated with

Baseball career

Maier played baseball at Northern Valley Regional High School at Old Tappan in Old Tappan, New Jersey. Northern Valley Regional High School at Old Tappan is a comprehensive four-year regional Public high school serving students from several municipalities in Bergen County Old Tappan is a Borough in Bergen County, New Jersey, United States. He then played college ball at Wesleyan University in Middletown, Connecticut, where he was a first-team all-NESCAC selection. This article concerns Wesleyan Middletown is a city located in Middlesex County, Connecticut, along the Connecticut River, in the south-central part of the state 16 miles (26 km Members The league currently has 11 full members Conference championships The NESCAC holds conference championships in Fall season Men and He also played briefly for the Pittsfield Dukes in the New England Collegiate Baseball League in the summer of 2005. Franchise History NECBL Charter Franchise and Championship As one of only two remaining charter franchise's in the NECBL the other being the North Shore Navigators The New England Collegiate Baseball League ( NECBL) is a 12-team amateur summer Baseball league founded in 1993 and sanctioned by the NCAA and

In 2006, he became Wesleyan's career hits leader and was featured on ESPN. The New York Times reported that Maier hoped for a career in baseball. That spring, the Washington Post and MLB.com reported that, ironically, the Baltimore Orioles might draft him--though the team denied ever having an interest in him. The Washington Post is the largest and most circulated Newspaper in Washington D MLBcom is the official site of Major League Baseball. MLBcom is a source of baseball-related information including baseball news statistics and sports columns ^[6] Maier was also invited to a tryout for a number of prospects, held by the New York Yankees. The New York Yankees are a professional baseball team based in the borough of The Bronx, in New York City, New York. However, he was not selected by any team in the 2006 Major League Baseball Draft. The First-Year Player Draft, also known as the Rule 4 Draft, is Major League Baseball 's primary mechanism for assigning amateur baseball players from high schools Maier worked in the summer of 2006 as a scout in the Cape Cod League for ESPN's Peter Gammons and also as an instructor for Frozen Ropes Baseball Training Center. ESPN, originally an acronym for Entertainment and Sports Programming Network, is an American Cable television network dedicated to Peter Gammons (born April 9 1945) is an American sportswriter, media personality and National Baseball Hall of Fame honoree Maier has since become a special consultant for the New Haven County Cutters. The New Haven County Cutters were an independent Baseball team based in New Haven Connecticut. ^[7] He has had several internships, including with the YES Network, and had several interviews (according to The New York Times) with MLB teams at baseball's winter meetings in search of a front-office job. The Yankees Entertainment and Sports (YES Network is a New York City regional Cable TV channel dedicated to broadcasting Baseball games of the Maier was employed as an intern scout with the Milwaukee Brewers during the 2007 season, although he left the team early, reportedly for personal reasons. The Milwaukee Brewers are a Major League Baseball team based in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, which plays in the Central Division of the National League Champions Major League Baseball Regular Season Champions Other champions Minor League Baseball Maier is not employed by a Major League team in 2008.

He recently served as an extra and assisted with baseball skills training for the actors in ESPN's miniseries about the 1977 Yankees, The Bronx is Burning. ^[8]

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Notorious incident

Baseball career

See also

References

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