Much has been made about 2014 being Derek Jeter’s final season with the New York Yankees. With Wednesday’s loss to Baltimore, Thursday will be the last Yankees home game of the season; for Jeter, it’s his last time at Yankee Stadium as a player. A major-league career that began in 1995 will end over 19 years later.

I view it as important because I was fortunate enough to see Jeter play in person. Not as a Yankee, but as a Clipper, when my hometown (Columbus, Ohio) was the longtime Triple-A affiliate for New York. I vividly remember going to Cooper Stadium every summer and seeing a lot of future Yankees: Jeter, Mariano Rivera, Bernie Williams, Andy Pettitte, among others. There have been other great players on the Clippers (who are now with the Cleveland Indians), but that time in the 1990s sticks out to me as significant.

Jeter, of course, would go on to a long career that included five World Series titles, 14 All-Star selections, and playing nearly 3,000 games without being ejected. Gatorade released this commercial last week as their own tribute to the Yankee captain.

Thursday will also be the final time fans listen to a familiar voice: Bob Sheppard, the longtime public address announcer for the Yankees. Sheppard retired in 2007, but since then Jeter has used a recorded intro from the “Voice of God” when he was at bat. Now, Sheppard’s voice will also make its exit from Yankee Stadium.

Jeter’s last series will come this weekend when New York heads to archrival Boston, but all eyes will be on Yankee Stadium Thursday night to see the final home game of a modern Yankee legend. Share your memories of Derek Jeter below!