October 22, 2001
Jeter's play was a brilliant combination of intuition and athleticism, much like
San Francisco 49ers receiver Dwight Clark's celebrated Catch at the back of the
end zone in the 1982 NFC Championship Game. When a replay of Jeter's acrobatics
appeared on a television in the Oakland clubhouse after the game, several A's
chortled, "What¹s he even doing there?"
