Aaron Judge

A fan nearly caught the ball that tied Roger Maris' single-season HR record, but it landed in the home bullpen.

[Aaron Judge](/mlb/players/2071264/aaron-judge/) [belted his 61st home run of the season](https://www.cbssports.com/mlb/news/aaron-judge-hits-61st-home-run-of-season-to-match-roger-maris-al-record-for-most-hrs-in-single-season/live/) Wednesday against the [Blue Jays](https://www.cbssports.com/mlb/teams/TOR/toronto-blue-jays/), tying Roger Maris' American League and [Yankees](https://www.cbssports.com/mlb/teams/NYY/new-york-yankees/) single-season records. On Tuesday, his Yankees clinched the AL East with a 5-2 win over the Blue Jays. 61 out the way, Judge needs only one more over his team's final seven games to take sole control of the Yankees and AL single-season records. [Tim Mayza](/mlb/players/2228208/tim-mayza/) deep in the seventh inning for dinger No. "Getting that type of support and a classy move from him, who's one of the best in the game, definitely means a lot. Buschmann and the Jays bullpen, specifically closer Jordan Romano, then made sure the ball got to Yankees personnel.

If Aaron Judge hits 62 home runs, he will be baseball's real single-season home run champion in the eyes of Roger Maris Jr.

I think baseball needs to look at the records and I think baseball should do something." "I think most people do." set the MLB record for home runs in 1961, eclipsing the mark held by the legendary Babe Ruth. He should be revered for being the actual single-season home run champ," Maris continued. "I think it gives people a chance to look at somebody who should be revered for hitting 62 home runs and not just as a guy who did it in the American League. Afterward in a press conference, Maris Jr.

Judge hit the blast in the seventh inning of the Yankees' blowout win over the Blue Jays in Toronto -- officially tying the American League watermark set by ...

if he's willing to travel to New York or Texas for the Pinstripes' last regular-season contests of 2022. who then passed it off to Yankees reliever Zack Britton, who returned it to Judge. Of course, the guy had every right to be sad ... He gave it to Jays closer Jordan Romano ... 'cause he dropped the historic baseball, costing himself a small fortune!! something that clearly crushed the man.

After a seven-game stretch without a long ball, New York star Aaron Judge hit his 61st home run of the season Wednesday night against the Toronto Blue Jays, ...

"Everyone is just so excited for him, and -- because Aaron is the way he is -- everyone feels a part of it. Britton joked that the Yankees relievers were going to engage in negotiations with Judge on that piece of history. I go back to the context of the season, and the more I look at it and dive into it, it's got to be an all-time great season." "Just having the ball, that was cool. Judge was a big reason for the crown, and it's been more than just home runs. But trying to get to there, that's the hardest one, that 61 is going to be the hardest. "It's an incredible honor, getting a chance to be associated with one of the Yankee greats, one of baseball's greats, words can't describe it," Judge said. Bonds, for his part, said over the weekend that he could see Judge going on a home run streak after connecting on his 61st. "I got to believe it's right there with some of the best very short list of all-time seasons. I mean, that's really who he is if he hits 62, and I think that's what needs to happen. Judge said when he hit the ball, he wasn't sure if it would be a homer or an out. He and the Yankees then headed to Toronto looking to make history at Rogers Centre.

But this dumb yobbo drops home run ball that didn't tie a record.

Dude basically wore a raincoat in the shower and drowned in his own tub anyway. But if you’re going to bring your glove…CATCH THE FUCKING BALL. Gloves at a park are for children. Aaron Judge isn’t going to set a record for homers in a season. I thought I was annoyed when all the Yankees fans were complaining about Aaron Judge walking all the time (just wait for the ALDS, Vinnie Bag O’ Screwdrivers). Then we got back to all the crusty baseball men trying to pretend that the AL record, or the Yankees record, is anything the masses should care about.

Hurricane Ian was one of the strongest ever to make U.S. landfall, Aaron Judge ties Roger Maris' NY Yankees and AL record: 5 Things podcast.

And really, that's hard for people to know what's going to be happening in the storm in the future. They closed the restaurants in the mandatory evacuation zones as a precaution, and they said that they are working with local authorities to monitor when they can open them. Yeah, so I can't think of a time where we've had to go into, we've used all the names, but if all the names get used, there's a backup list. I actually used to work down in the Tampa Bay area, I've covered extensive hurricanes over my two decades as a journalist, and I can't recall a time that I've covered a hurricane where there's been a Waffle House that closed. And so there's a backup list of names. Making sure you have gas if you're in a home, so you can light the stove so you can cook something. In the coastal city of Naples, the Sheriff's Department said it received a slew of calls about people trapped at home, and that officials would prioritize immediate life threatening injuries. He lives in Kissimmee, Florida, just south of Orlando, right smack in the middle of the state. Four Cuban people from the boat reached Stock Island near Key West, and reported that their boat sank because of bad weather. So we know that there are folks who are in the really high risk Zone A evacuation zones who did not evacuate. The storm was one of the strongest ever to make U.S. I'm Taylor Wilson and this is 5 Things you need to know Thursday, the 29th of September, 2022.

While watching Aaron Judge chase the elusive 61st home run for the past week, you couldn't help but feel for both his mother and Roger Maris Jr. After ...

As for the eventual No. 61 ball actually end up at the end of the night? 61 over the left field wall at the Rogers Centre in the top of the seventh.

Aaron Judge tied Roger Maris' American League record of 61 home runs in a season with a tiebreaking, two-run drive in the seventh inning that lifted the New ...

“Then it was just a matter of enjoying him run the bases and giving his mom a big old hug and just enjoying the moment.” Toronto (87-69) held on to the top spot in the wild card race despite its second straight loss. He has a chance to become the first AL Triple Crown winner since Detroit’s Miguel Cabrera in 2012. Judge had gone seven games without a home run — his longest drought this season was nine in mid-August. The 30-year-old slugger drove a 94.5 mph belt-high sinker with a full-count from Mayza (8-1) over the left-field fence at Rogers Centre. He pumped an arm just before reaching first and exchanged a slap with coach Travis Chapman.

The New York Yankees star, who hit his 61st home run of the season, tying him with Roger Maris for most home runs hit in a season in American League history ...

He has a chance to win the Triple Crown, leading the American League in home runs, RBIs and batting average. The last Yankee to win the Triple Crown was Mickey Mantle in 1956. Maris also hit 61 for the Yankees in 1961. After Judge’s shot, his mother and Maris shared a hug. “She’s been with me through it all, that’s for sure. 61 and gave the ball to his No.

It could have been a major payday for the man who snagged Aaron Judge's record-tying home run on Wednesday, but the night ended in his wife joking about ...

61 for [Judge].” I’d next like to announce our divorce,” Walsh tweeted. After hitting his 394-foot home run, Judge received a standing ovation from the Toronto crowd and was greeted by teammates as he touched home plate. He just handed that back without checking to see if our house is still here? Having received the ball, Judge fittingly gifted it to his mom, Patty, after the game. [Aaron Judge’s](http://www.cnn.com/2022/09/22/sport/aaron-judge-greatness-offensive-season-yankees-spt-intl/index.html) record-tying home run on Wednesday, but the night ended in his wife joking about getting a “divorce.”

New York Yankees slugger Aaron Judge drilled his 61st home run of the season Wednesday, but Blue Jays fan Frankie Lasagna just missed it.

“Two more feet and I would have had it,” he said. He put both hands on top of his head after the near-miss, a frustrated look etched on his face. His anguished face, oh-so-close stretch and dropping of the million-dollar proverbial bag into the bullpen has been meme’d to death, and also, he shares a name with a layered pasta dish. And wanted Judge to come over and grab a plate to negotiate. [had the Judge ball](https://yanksgoyard.com/2022/09/21/yankees-fan-giving-aaron-judge-60th-hr-back-dogpile-inside-job-video/). [Aaron Judge finally hit his 61st home run](https://yanksgoyard.com/2022/09/28/yankees-aaron-judge-demolishes-61st-hr-tie-roger-maris-lift-endless-pressure-video/) of the season on Wednesday night in Toronto, in front of Roger Maris Jr.

On Wednesday night, Aaron Judge made history, tying Roger Maris' single-season AL home run record of 61. The fateful homer came in Toronto after over a week ...

The same, however, can’t be said for NFL Network reporter Sara Walsh, who found herself in the middle of both the Judge saga and Hurricane Ian’s path on Wednesday. In the top of the 7th inning, with the score tied, their commitment and patience was rewarded ... The fateful homer came in Toronto after over a week of whiffs, with both the Judge and Maris families braving customs and day-old Tim Hortons to be in attendance.

TORONTO -- At some point in the very near future, Aaron Judge will offer mementos from his record-tying 61st home run to the National Baseball Hall of Fame.

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Catching an iconic home run ball is winning the sports lottery. In one, mildly-athletic moment you've won a piece of history that someone is going to pay an ...

Glove in hand, he stretched over the Jays’ dugout, only to see the ball bounce a little low and fall to the ground below. “Two more feet and I would have had it,” he said. Catching an iconic home run ball is winning the sports lottery.

Yankee leads in damn near every offensive stat in an era of pitching.

Judge, on the other hand, had to play in games that mattered all season long. As of today, Judge is the Triple Crown leader in the AL. If he was leading in the Triple Crown and a Cy Young candidate, there would be no debate. If Judge wins it, it will be the third since Carl Yastrzemski did it back in 1967. Plus, Judge can set a home run record in the same season. We haven’t seen anyone hit and pitch on a daily basis since Babe Ruth in the 20s. Judge will have led the league in virtually every offensive category. But Judge will have done more than leading the game in home runs. In the simplest of terms, it’s hard to hit in baseball. Even Judge calls it the record to beat. The MLB record book calls it the record. It was his 61st of the season, tying Roger Maris’ American League record for most homers in a single season.

Three years later, he became the Blue Jays' pitching coach. He is also married to a very notable sportscaster, Sara Walsh—a former SportsCenter anchor who now ...

Calls Barry Bonds’s HR Record Illegitimate](https://www.si.com/mlb/2022/09/29/roger-maris-jr-calls-barry-bonds-home-run-record-illegitimate-aaron-judge?utm_source=recommendations&utm_medium=in-article&utm_campaign=end-of-story) The person who ultimately came up with the ball: [Jays](https://www.si.com/mlb/team/toronto-blue-jays) pitching coach Matt Buschmann. If he hits one more home run—No. “I’d next like to announce our divorce.” Three years later, he became the Blue Jays’ pitching coach. The monumental home run wound up in the hands of someone notable as well.

For those who still don't accept Kasper's rationale for leaving Cubs TV for White Sox radio nearly two years ago, consider what happened in baseball ...

In the 1980s, exclusive MLB broadcasts generally were limited to NBC’s “Game of the Week” on Saturdays and ABC’s “Monday Night Baseball,” which was a small package. “But you do know that you’re going to be there to call it, and that is comforting on some level.” “At the end of the season, they can take certain games based on the pennant race. 61 and 62 the next day on WGN to tie McGwire, who had broken Roger Maris’ record of 61 a week before against the Cubs. “It’s two parts for me: Being a part of it in some way is the most important thing, and when you’re sitting at home, you feel left out. But he couldn’t stand not being a part of the action in the postseason. - Alyssa Bergamini will host The Score’s Bulls postgame shows, in addition to her in-game betting segments. “I don’t expect people to parse all the reasons and figure out, ‘Oh, that makes sense,’ but it definitely was part of it for me,” Kasper said. “It’s the experience of doing your job in a big moment. When Kasper was on Cubs TV, his season ended when the regular season did. Fox aired the game Thursday, Apple TV+ had the game Friday and ESPN picked up the game Sunday. 3 when the Sox’ Dylan Cease took a no-hitter into the ninth inning.

The New York Yankees slugger tied Roger Maris for the American League single-season home run record, and many believe if Judge hits No.

This story was excerpted from Jason Beck's Tigers Beat newsletter. To read the full newsletter, click here. And subscribe to get it regularly in your inbox.

Miggy doesn't really like to talk too much about that stuff, so Prince and I did the talking for him, like this is so [freaking] cool. The Tigers had signed Prince Fielder that winter following Victor Martinez’s season-ending knee injury, and his presence behind Cabrera in the lineup gave opponents a threat for consequences if they were to put Cabrera on base. While he was climbing the batting leaderboards, the Tigers had ground to make up in the AL Central standings for most of the season. I didn’t expect it to be then, I expected it to be later. I didn't think about what the other guys were going to do, this or that. Said then-A’s manager Bob Melvin at the time: "When he's going good, it's very difficult to have to deal with him. “Back in the day, I was like focused about making it to the playoffs,” Cabrera said. No hitter in either league had won a Triple Crown since Carl Yastrzemski batted .326 with 44 home runs and 121 RBIs to lead the 1967 Red Sox to an American League pennant. Cabrera wasn’t leading in any of the categories heading into the All-Star break that year, and while he took over the lead in RBIs and batting average down the stretch, he had a fight on his hands to catch up in home runs. The highlights from that clinching night in Kansas City still seem fresh, with a younger Cabrera flaring balls out to right field with ease. “It's going to be great to watch,” Cabrera said a few days ago. And [subscribe](https://www.mlb.com/fans/newsletters/beat-reporter) to get it regularly in your inbox.