Maier immediately became essentially the most famous 12-12 months-previous in America, beloved by Yankees followers and hated by nearly everyone else. It was a crisp October evening in 1996 when 12-yr-outdated Yankees fan Jeffrey Maier attended his very first playoff recreation at Yankee Stadium. It was sport one of the Yankees' finest-of-seven American League Champion Series towards the Baltimore Orioles, and none aside from rookie sensation Derek Jeter - Maier's hero - was at the plate. If yo...