In the bottom of the 11th inning, Jayson Nix -- in the game only because Derek Jeter suffered a leg injury early in the game, and finally exited in the ninth -- had a chance to become a True Yankee ... and he almost did it:

Ah, but for another eight or nine feet, immortality.

Instead, the Orioles and Yankees are heading to the 12th. But Nix might have another shot at it.