To celebrate the final year and history of Yankee Stadium, the 2008 Major League Baseball All-Star Game was played there.[106] The final regular-season game at Yankee Stadium was played on September 21, 2008.[107] After the game, Jeter addressed the crowd, thanking them for their support over the years, and urging them to "take the memories of this field, add them to the new memories that will come at the new Yankee Stadium and continue to pass them on from generation to generation."[108] Despite multiple midseason roster moves, the team was hampered by injuries and missed the playoffs for the first time in 14 seasons.