New York Yankees
Johnny Damon, DH
Derek Jeter, SS
Bobby Abreu, RF
Alex Rodriguez, 3B
Hideki Matsui, LF
Jorge Posada, C
Robinson Cano, 2B
Andy Phillips, 1B
Melky Cabrera, CF
Roger Clemens, RHP (3-4, 3.72)
Baltimore Orioles
Brian Roberts, 2B
Corey Patterson, CF
Nick Markakis, RF
Kevin Millar, 1B
Miguel Tejada, SS
Aubrey Huff, DH
Ramon Hernandez, C
Chris Gomez, 3B
Jay Payton, LF
Brian Burres, LHP (4-4, 4.33)
Clemens has very good career numbers against the Orioles (19-12, 3.52 in 45 games). Burres has previously only faced the Yanks in relief (0-0, 5.40 in 3 games).
On this day in 1995, the New York Yankees traded minor league pitchers Marty Janzen, Jason Jarvis, and Mike Gordon to the Toronto Blue Jays for pitcher David Cone. In a separate deal, the team also trades OF/DH Danny Tartabull to the Oakland Athletics for OF/DH Ruben Sierra and minor league pitcher Jason Beverlin.
I'd say those deals worked out just fine -- even though Sierra was run out of town a year later.
The featured graphic for today's game is the home jersey logo for the Baltimore Orioles from 1995 to 2003.