NEW YORK -- Derek Jeter, trying to blink away the tears, and holding a towel over his face, walked slowly around the Yankee Stadium infield Thursday night, his head spinning, trying to digest what just happened.
When he finally reached the dugout, hugging his family, and walking through the tunnel for the final time toward the clubhouse, he finally surrendered, with the emotions oozing out of his body.
In one of the most surreal and remarkable farewells in Yankee history, leave it up to Jeter to deliver the dramatic game-winning hit in the Yankees' 6-5 triumph over the Baltimore Orioles, just minutes after the Yankees had blown a 3-run lead.
"It was sort of an out of body experience, Jeter said. "It was a weird range of emotions. I was just trying not to cry.''
BOX SCORE: Yankees 6, Orioles 5
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