Jeffrey Maier 1996 ALCS Glove Sold For More Than Expected

The Yankees won Game 1 of the 1996 ALCS with much thanks to 12-year old Jeffrey Maier who pulled Jeter's line drive over the wall in the 8th inning.

The glove used for that feat was auctioned off over the weekend and sold for $22,705. The price tag at one time was around $15,000, but continuous bids hiked it up.

Maier clearly drug the ball over the wall but the umpire did not call fan interference and MLB later denied the Orioles appeal.

NEW YORK -- The glove Jeffrey Maier used to pull Derek Jeter's famous home run over the wall during the 1996 AL Championship Series against Baltimore has been sold at auction for $22,705.

Heritage Auctions says the glove was purchased by an anonymous collector Saturday night, with no mention of what the buyer plans to do with it. When Heritage announced the auction on Monday, it didn't identify the owner, who it said had purchased the glove from Maier.

Maier was a 12-year-old fan in the right-field stands on Oct. 9, 1996, when he reached over the outfield fence at Yankee Stadium and got his glove on Jeter's eighth-inning drive, preventing Tony Tarasco from catching it.

Maier dragged the ball over the wall, fumbling it in the process, but umpire Rich Garcia declined to call fan interference.

Jeter was awarded a home run that tied Game 1 of the ALCS, and the Yankees won in 11 innings. Baltimore's protest was denied by baseball's ruling executive council and AL President Gene Budig.