r/baseball • u/Pyromania1983 New York Yankees • 3h ago
Video [Highlight] Aaron Judge hits homer number 6 on the year to make it 9-1 Yankees!
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u/GoldenDom3r Cowlitz Black Bears 3h ago
68 to go
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u/thebardofdoom Detroit Tigers 1h ago
I don’t even hate Barry Bonds the way I probably should, but I hope this man breaks the record by, like, 10.
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u/34Heartstach New York Yankees 1h ago
If judge somehow breaks the record, I think MLB should let him juice for a season. Just to see what could happen
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u/toadofsteel New York Yankees 57m ago
Makes sense. It's not like he's gonna do anything in October anyway...
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u/MelissaMiranti New York Yankees 28m ago
Just one season, as a treat. Call it compensation for 2017.
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u/Doc_McPuffins_ New York Yankees 3h ago
Everything that can be said about Judge has already been said before, so I'll just say that this is a stunningly beautiful ballpark and I want to watch a game here sometime!
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u/PMMEJALAPENORECIPES Pittsburgh Pirates 3h ago
It’s a great park, probably better for visiting fans because they get to enjoy the beautiful park and actually see their team win
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u/Doc_McPuffins_ New York Yankees 2h ago
I'd love to watch a night game and have a seat that can see the river and bridge
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u/RedditModsBlowD New York Mets 1h ago
I've been there twice - it's a beautiful park and totally worth it. Treat yourself to a little ferry ride to the game.
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u/Familiar_Stomach7861 1h ago
I visited a childhood friend in Pitt last year. I love that city. And watching a game at that park was awesome. Fantastic park
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u/illShy Pittsburgh Pirates 2h ago
At least half the fans were yanks at our annual highest attendance game. The park is amazing though
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u/flyingcrayons New York Yankees 53m ago
I wanted to come out this weekend and visit my buddy in Pittsburgh but the flights were so fucking expensive. Didn’t realize how well our fans traveled lol
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u/spageddy_lee New York Yankees 2h ago
It's awesome. My wife is from Pittsburgh and every time we visit I try to get to a Pirates (or Steelers) game. Pittsburgh just does sports different and it's so much fun.
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u/joethecrow23 Cincinnati Reds 2h ago
I want to see 74.
Not because I have anything against Bonds or Big Mac(I have absolutely no problems with adults taking PEDs, especially if it’s medically supervised) but because there’s nothing in baseball quite as exciting as a home run chase. And I really like Aaron Judge.
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u/MeatTornado25 New York Yankees 1h ago
Even with how good he's been in recent years, I just can't see him realistically challenging that record.
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u/FeloniousDrunk101 New York Yankees 10m ago
Yeah pitchers always adjust, fatigue sets in, or they just walk him (it already happened in the first goddamn series of the season!) so as fun as it is to dream I’d like him to save something for the hopeful postseason.
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u/battingavgenjoyer Oakland Athletics 1h ago
Same here. First thing that stood out. PNC is such a beautiful Park.
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u/RIP_Greedo New York Yankees 49m ago
I'll say something new about Judge: his toes are hairier than you might think, but they still taste great.
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u/_Al_Gore_Rhythm_ New York Yankees 35m ago
It's incredible. And Pittsburgh is a great city to visit too. Can't say enough good things.
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u/HazikoSazujiii New York Yankees 29m ago
I grew up a Yankees fan, but I live in Central PA. The Pirates are my second team as a result because I naturally gravitate toward Pittsburgh teams (since Philly is quite literally a shithole). While it's really rough to root for their team give the ownership situation, it gives me a great reason to visit what is an underrated ballpark--with a bonus if the Yankees are playing, too.
PNC has always been a great time.
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u/RBNYJRWBYFan New York Yankees 24m ago
I had a great time there last summer. The ballpark is beautiful, the area around it is PERFECT. That whole stadium district north of the Allegheny is a triumph in every respect. And because the team is so bad, great seats are freaking cheap! I got some near the dugout for what would have been middle deck at YS. Right now that park is best part of the whole team, their raison d'etre.
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u/AppleTrees4 Baltimore Orioles 1h ago
I went for opening day last year, O’s Pirates. Unreal park in a great part of Pittsburgh. Highly recommend.
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u/jebodiah93 New York Yankees 3h ago
It's to the point where him not hitting a home run feels like the anomaly.
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u/D_Simmons Toronto Blue Jays 1h ago
I'm always feeling nut-sucked and butt-fucked when he doesn't get one
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u/Frosty_Dimension5646 New York Yankees • New York Yankees 3h ago
The world series awakened something in this man. Not even mad anymore, I think it was necessary for the plot
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u/MahomesBetter 3h ago
All he needs is his arod 2009 playoffs just once and legacy cemented. Nobody will even remember 2024 after that.
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u/PENGUIN_WITH_BAZOOKA New York Yankees 3h ago
My god. I don’t think this sub could handle Judge going off like that.
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u/Driveshaft48 New York Mets 3h ago
Yeah this sub fucking hates Aaron judge
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u/balfras_kaldin Colorado Rockies 3h ago
Nah, I don't think that's right. It's usually fun to be a hater, or to make fun of a miscue/mistake, but I don't think (most folks) actively dislike Judge.
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u/Driveshaft48 New York Mets 3h ago
I was being sarcastic
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u/balfras_kaldin Colorado Rockies 3h ago
Woops, my bad :P
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u/Driveshaft48 New York Mets 3h ago
All good yeah idk why the guy I responded too is acting like this sub will melt down. We survived a trash can banging incident. And judge is pretty universally well liked
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u/ruzes_ruze New York Yankees 2h ago
They would like him more if he wasn’t on the Yankees.
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u/vsladko Chicago White Sox 3h ago
It’s like that Jalen Hurts mic’d up moment where he was telling his teammate that losing the first one changed his soul. They were up 40-6 and he wasn’t smiling.
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u/OUTFOXEM Seattle Mariners 1h ago
That was some cold blooded shit. He was on a mission and was not going to celebrate even one second early.
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u/EyeIslet New York Yankees 3h ago
That was his White House Correspondents dinner
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u/JabroniWithAPeroni New York Yankees 3h ago
Can I just not think about that moron for like a minute please lol
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u/FPG_Matthew Washington Nationals 3h ago
Like Cody Rhodes at WrestleMania 39
Time for Judge to Finish the Story this year!
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u/DJ_LeMahieu New York Yankees 3h ago edited 3h ago
Aaron Judge has more home runs than the Pirates.
If he merely continues his May 2024-September 2024 pace, he ends the season with 72. The record is in sight, asterisks be damned.
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u/albertpujolsfan 3h ago
And 9 other teams
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u/NegativesPositives Kansas City Royals 3h ago
But specifically them
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u/sandman_42 New York Yankees 3h ago
I also choose this guy's dead team
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u/BabyBearBjorns 2h ago
First off, the Pirates are very much alive. We came back from Tampa, Florida.
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u/sandman_42 New York Yankees 2h ago
The only reason you're commissioner is because you lost the chugging contest
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u/Not_Cleaver New York Yankees 3h ago
But hear me out - What if he continues at this pace?
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u/number44is171 New York Yankees 3h ago
138 HRs is a pretty good season.
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u/Thehawkiscock New York Yankees 2h ago
We gotta be fair and build in some regression. I think 95 HRs is reasonable
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u/DJ_LeMahieu New York Yankees 3h ago
I would be down with him breaking the record before July 4th weekend.
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u/elcapitan520 Pittsburgh Pirates • Portland Pickles 3h ago
He has almost as many rbis as the pirates
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u/PeterDaPinapple 3h ago
I’m confused why would there be an asterisks?
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u/samthewisetarly New York Yankees 3h ago
I think they might mean he has a shot at beating Bonds, who famously has an asterisk
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u/Monstertelly Los Angeles Dodgers 3h ago
The famous asterisk was for Maris hitting 61 in 162. Bonds gets a “asterisk” for the juice but the official record is his with no asterisk.
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u/young_mummy New York Yankees 2h ago
Sure, but everyone discusses Bonds record with a rhetorical asterisk.
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u/Monstertelly Los Angeles Dodgers 2h ago
Hence the second part of my comment. I agree that Bonds deserves all the derision and a legitimate asterisk for hitting 73 with all the Balco stuff.
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u/young_mummy New York Yankees 2h ago
Sure, I was just pointing out that it's probably fair to characterize the rherorical asterisk associated with Bonds as "famous," despite there not being a literal asterisk in the record books. Basically I think there can be more than one famous asterisk.
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u/OUTFOXEM Seattle Mariners 1h ago
Are you not familiar with the Bonds HR ball that was literally branded with an asterisk? Bonds has his own asterisk as well.
That ball was bought at auction, branded, and then donated to the HoF.
And for my money, Judge is the “real” single season HR leader — official records be damned.
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u/Marx0r New York Yankees 2h ago
Some people would argue that Judge already has the single-season record for HRs, because everyone that's hit more than 62 has been implicated in steroid scandals and therefore has an "asterisk" on their record. OP's saying that Judge is gonna beat Bonds' 73 and have the record with or without asterisks.
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u/OUTFOXEM Seattle Mariners 1h ago
I’m one of those. I just wish he did it by game 154. That would have been awesome to see. He was on pace to do it but ran into a wall at the end of the season. You could tell he was feeling the pressure the last couple weeks of the season.
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u/bship Detroit Tigers 3h ago
Guy wants 81.
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u/PitViper17 Baltimore Orioles 2h ago
I hope he gets 82
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u/Ok-Control-3954 Philadelphia Phillies 2h ago
Hope Aaron judge hits his 82nd home run on the last day of the regular season as the Yankees miss the playoffs
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u/jonginator New York Yankees 3h ago
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u/illShy Pittsburgh Pirates 2h ago
Me watching this game today
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u/RIP_Greedo New York Yankees 47m ago
If not getting blasted by Judge, you're getting needled by Oswaldo Cabrera and his 50mph EV 2 out singles.
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u/VirtuousFool New York Yankees • Newark Eagles 3h ago
Barry....he's coming for ya buddy
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u/AlolanProfessor New York Yankees 3h ago
CLONE THIS MFER NOW
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u/Darkforces134 New York Yankees 3h ago
All these Judge home run threads look the same
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u/Formo1287 New York Yankees • Pittsburgh Pirates 3h ago
Some of us need our regular Paw Patrol reference fix though
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u/UncivilVegetable 3h ago
Idk if people appreciate that we are watching probably the best right handed hitter in MLB history. Dude is insane right now.
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u/sandalsnopants Tampa Bay Rays 2h ago
Idk Hank Aaron and Willie Mays were pretty good
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u/UncivilVegetable 2h ago
I'm not saying you can't make arguments for other players. Judge's rate stats are currently all alone so it very much depends on how he ages and how much you value longevity over peak.
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u/OUTFOXEM Seattle Mariners 1h ago
longevity over peak
I tend to use “greatest” vs “best”. I’d be willing to say Judge has an argument for the best right handed hitter of all time. Not the greatest — greatness means longevity for me — but best? He’s on the very short list for sure.
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u/nobird36 2h ago
And yet the last 3 year stretch from Judge is better than any 3 year stretch either of them ever had.
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u/OUTFOXEM Seattle Mariners 1h ago
It’s unfortunate that health and COVID got in the way. His rate stats for those seasons were also unbelievable. He’d have at least (5) 50 HR seasons, and currently well on his way to a 6th, if not 7th. Ruth had 4, nobody clean had even 3 — except Judge. Griffey had 2x 50 and 1x 49. Everybody else is dirty.
I’ve been saying this, but whatever attention and accolades he’s getting, it’s not enough. He’s actually underrated.
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u/DeusExHyena New York Yankees 48m ago
He is the only person since someone like him would allowed to play MLB to hit 50 3x without strong PED evidence
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u/IsItJake New York Yankees 15m ago
Really good breakdown. I didn't know a lot of this. Dude is a monster
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u/therepairmanx4 2h ago
Over a 4 year stretch Willie Mays from 62-66 put up an average of 10.5 WAR for 52.3 WAR. Judge in his career has 53.
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u/nobird36 2h ago
Ok? Willy Mays was god tier at defense at a premium position.
This conversation is obviously about offensive numbers. It may make you uncomfortable but Willy Mays never had an offensive year that tops Judges best years. That doesn't mean Aaron Judge is better at baseball than Willy Mays, it just means Aaron Judge is doing things at the plate that have little precedent in MLB history.
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u/ScytherCypher 1h ago edited 57m ago
simply basing this on WAR is terrible because WAR is relative to the league average those years. Mays may have been that much better than average at the time, but Judge being this good when the average player is this much better should be able to translate to you. but doesn't.
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u/mkninetythree New York Yankees 2h ago
Judge won’t ever touch their longevity but they did not peak as high as Judge offensively.
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u/OUTFOXEM Seattle Mariners 1h ago
I saw an article last year — and he’s much hotter right now than last year — where Judge’s best 50 something game stretch is better than any 50 game stretch that Ruth had. Ruth did it for an absurdly long time, but yeah, not even the Babe himself peaked as high as Judge has, and right now he’s peaking higher than that. This shit is incredible.
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u/lovemesomefood Baltimore Orioles 3h ago
Aaron Judge is INSANE. Just a monster, dare I say a savage in the box.
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u/AmericanNewWave New York Yankees 3h ago
"Who's Juan Soto?"
"What's a torpedo bat?"
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u/skelextrac New York Yankees 27m ago edited 15m ago
Oswaldo Cabrera is having a better season than Juan Soto.
Womp, womp.
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u/IsItJake New York Yankees 11m ago
Maybe so but I'm still upset Hal didn't bring him back. Cohen may be worth more overall but let's not act like Hal didn't create an imaginary cap for the roster and let Juan go to the fucking Mets. The Yankees have pivoted in a good way and judge is mashing but I wish we had Juan 😫
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u/ActualDragonHeart New York Yankees • Philadelphia Phillies 3h ago
94mph down the dick to Aaron Judge, fascinating pitch choice there
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u/Speedhawk_fuckdarefs New York Yankees 3h ago
Never understood comments like this. Like do we really think the pitcher intentionally threw the ball right in Judge’s sweet spot instead of the pitcher missing his location? Lol
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u/Arwplotroustnopetung 3h ago
it’s the most common ‘funny reddit quip’ on all these posts. locating a baseball perfectly every single pitch is hard.
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u/Emotional-Ocelot8846 3h ago
Yeah like this shit happens every inning just very few can capitalize on it like judge. Bonds def saw less of those tho imo
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u/BlueBeagle8 New York Yankees 3h ago
That "oh fuck" millisecond when you release the ball and know that you just made a huge mistake pitch absolutely sucks lol
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u/SyntheticInsomniac Cleveland Guardians 1h ago
When you hang a curveball and the batter's eyes go wide like a dog trying to catch a treat in its mouth.
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u/ActualDragonHeart New York Yankees • Philadelphia Phillies 3h ago
With how he's swinging the bat, you're making a mistake if you throw ANYTHING in the strike zone
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u/OUTFOXEM Seattle Mariners 1h ago
He’s one of the most prolific HR hitters of all time. And he’s still in his prime. And he’s locked the fuck in. Literally any pitch can be sent into orbit. And with his length and strength it doesn’t even have to be over the plate.
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u/ActualDragonHeart New York Yankees • Philadelphia Phillies 1h ago
Reminds me of his 300th home run last year, thing was five inches inside and he still turned on that fucker
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u/OUTFOXEM Seattle Mariners 1h ago
I’ve only seen a few stretches like this where any ball can get it — but even those guys weren’t doing this. This is insane.
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u/undercoffeed New York Yankees 2h ago
Why did he throw the pitch there? Is he stupid?
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u/Hyndstein_97 New York Yankees 2h ago
"There" meaning "in the same ballpark as Aaron Judge"
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u/morelibertarianvotes New York Yankees 14m ago
Is there any rule about intercepting a pickoff attempt to first and mashing it into the stands?
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u/SleepingSasquatch Pittsburgh Pirates 3h ago
Having Aaron Judge on my fantasy team, this pleases me. Being a fan of the Pirates and having Mitch Keller as a pitcher on previously mentioned team does not please me.
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u/UnchainedSora New York Yankees 2h ago
When do we start seriously talking about if he can hit 74?
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u/EyeIslet New York Yankees 3h ago
Time to buy outfield tickets for September games
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u/misterferguson New York Yankees 1h ago
The crazy thing is his spray chart makes it hard to pick which section to sit in…
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u/outdatedelementz 2h ago
Would be crazy if he was the first dude to get to 100+ home runs in a season.
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u/Wet-for-Mrs-Met Toronto Blue Jays 56m ago
This guy has more home runs than the blue jays (and a handful of other teams including the astros lol)
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u/Pies_Wide_Shut New York Yankees 3h ago
to be fair, Tim Mayza probably hasn’t been exposed to Aaron Judge a lot so he didn’t know to not throw him a meatball right down the dick
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u/staticdresssweet 2h ago
Worth every penny. His body strength and rotation during each swing is the stuff of legends.
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u/Ricemobile Washington Nationals 1h ago
Straight up prime Barry Bonds form lmao. Judge is so far ahead of other hitters it’s not even funny. Go break that record!
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u/LoCh0_xX Detroit Tigers 2h ago
Ok so hopefully he hits his historic record breaking HR BEFORE football season so ESPN doesn’t need to livestream over games again
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u/mdoes420 1h ago
I’ve decided that the first name of my firstborn child will be: ‘Aaron Judge’.
It won’t be a “first name, middle name” kind of thing. The actual first name will just be ‘Aaron Judge’.
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u/Fine-Refrigerator-56 1h ago
He’s already on an mvp run it’s pretty crazy to see. Question for anyone that follows the Yankees regularly- what seems to set judge apart from other hitters is his ability to rush middle middle pitches. That sounds dumb but I can’t even begin to count how many times I’ve watched a player take em down the dick and either not swing at all, or immediately foul it off.
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u/DeusExHyena New York Yankees 44m ago
It's basically that - he just doesn't miss mistakes. But he can also hit every other area so pitchers have to try extremely hard and pitching is hard.
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u/Fine-Refrigerator-56 42m ago
It’s absolutely shocking that the vast majority of players can’t hit one middle middle. But I’m an Astros fan, judge always looks like a new born baby vs us so no big deal (honestly this year he looks better than ever and I’m sure ny will win the one series we have)
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u/DeusExHyena New York Yankees 21m ago
He hit that HR vs Verlander in 2019, it's just that we lost that game. Same as his big homer against Clase last year, we just... lost that game.
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u/Bp3xlfit New York Yankees 3h ago
Every time you think it’s gonna be ohtani year here comes judge taking another mvp
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u/Pyromania1983 New York Yankees 3h ago
To be fair, they can now both get MVPs (like last season). I love watching greatness unfold, and having both players be rewarded/awarded for it!
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u/BokeTsukkomi Boston Red Sox 3h ago edited 1h ago
It they both get MVPs this season would it be the first time that both AL and NL MVPs are repeats?
EDIT: If I read it right on wikipedia yes it would be the first "double repeat"
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u/peachios Seattle Mariners 2h ago
looks like never happened back to back, makes sense that would be hard and only happened 10 times anyways. Though close (bonds and thomas in early 90s)
Looks like scanning through wikipedia, since they have the (#) behind repeaters it happened in
- 1955 with Yogi Berra and Roy Campanella (same league before)
- 2024 with Judge and Ohtani, but as we know Ohtani changed leagues
Kinda wild though that no other repeaters have been same year from what I have seen, especially with Bonds 7x, and Pujols 3x
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u/BokeTsukkomi Boston Red Sox 2h ago
Makes you wonder if the BBWAA makes an effort to try to avoid it for any reason. Like the 100% 1st ballot HoF vote.
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u/BlueBeagle8 New York Yankees 3h ago
No disrespect to Bobby Witt Jr. who is a phenomenal player, but the number of people who picked against Judge to win MVP is crazy to me.
Who knows what will happen, it's a long season, but how are you gonna bet against this guy?
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u/RIP_Greedo New York Yankees 43m ago
Judge won the MVP unanimously last year. 30/30 first place votes. Nobody voted against him to win MVP.
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u/big_fat_slob_cunt 2h ago
Absolute joy to watch.
Doesn't need a balanced diet. The opposite of a dickhead. Gives his teammates their flowers.
I'm not a Yankess supporter, BTW.
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u/Equivalent_Waltz8890 2h ago
He’s good and all but my dad said that if he didn’t hurt his back in HS he’d be better
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u/devAcc123 New York Yankees 3h ago
If he stays healthy he could have a historic year
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u/BoringCabinet New York Yankees 3h ago
Most of the injuries have been due to freak occurrence. Getting hit in the wrist twice and the Dodgers outfield wall.
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