When was the last time the Yankees opened a season at Oriole Park at Camden Yards? It was 2002. Click here to see the boxscore from that game. Tony Batista’s slam did in the Rocket that day.

Jay Tessmer was on the Yankees Opening Day roster in 2002? That was thanks to an injury to Ramiro Mendoza. And, one week later, Tessmer was sent to Triple-A Columbus when Mendoza came off the disabled list.

It somewhat like Ramiro Pena making this Yankees Opening Day roster – thanks to the A-Rod injury.

I wonder how many guys have made Yankees Opening Day rosters, thanks to some good luck for them and bad luck for someone else, and then faded away into the land of the forgotten?