<prompt> Qedela umusho olandelayo: AmaYankees afinyelela emqhudelwaneni wokugcina we-1996, futhi uTorre washaya uJeter endaweni yokuhola esekelwe ekusebenzeni kwakhe okuhle unyaka wonke. Ngesikhathi somdlalo wokuqala we-  <response>: Ngo-1996, i-American League Championship Series ALCS, i-Yankees yayilandela i-Baltimore Orioles ngo-4-3 emdlalweni wesishiyagalombili lapho uJeter eshaya ibhola eliya enkundleni yangakwesokudla elabhekwa njenge-home run ngabahluleli ngemuva kokuthi umlandeli oneminyaka engu-12 ubudala uJeffrey Maier efinyelele odongeni ukubamba ibhola. Yize ibhola ngabe lahlala lidlalwa ukube bekungengenxa kaMaier, futhi kungenzeka ukuthi libanjwe nguTony Tarasco, i-home run yayimi njengoba ibibizwa, ilinganisa umdlalo. Kwaphawula i-home run yokuqala emsebenzini kaJeter wokugcina. AmaYankees awina lo mdlalo futhi anqoba ama-Orioles emidlalweni emihlanu. Sekukonke, uJeter washaya.361 ku-1996 postseason, esiza ukuhola amaYankees ngokuhlasela noBernie Williams, njengoba uWade Boggs, uPaul ONeill, noTino Martinez babedonsa kanzima. AmaYankees anqoba i-Atlanta Braves ku-1996 World Series ukunqoba ubuqhawe bawo bokuqala kusukela ku-1978 World Series. 