Blue Jays fan comes oh-so close to catching Aaron Judge's historic, valuable 61st home run ball
Instead he watched a historic home run ball bounce into the bullpen. Judge launched a 94 mph sinker off of Toronto Blue Jays reliever Tim Mayza in the seventh inning on Wednesday to secure a 5-3 lead for the New York Yankees. The home run ball holds value both in baseball history and on the auction block — if it were to get there. But this one looks like it's going back to Judge after a Blue Jays sitting in left field fan just missed snagging it. pic.twitter.com/gbhFSgDZBL — Sara Walsh (@Sara_Walsh) September 29, 2022Alas, Buschmann and Walsh don't appear on the path to cashing in.
wftv.comYankees star Judge hits 61st home run, ties Maris' AL record
Barry Bonds holds the big league record of 73 for the San Francisco Giants in 2001. Maris hit No. Maris' mark has been exceeded six times, but all have been tainted by the stench of steroids. Judge hit 52 homers with 114 RBIs the following year and was a unanimous winner of the AL Rookie of the Year award. He became just the fifth player to hold a share of the AL season record.
wftv.comYankees star Judge hits 61st home run, ties Maris' AL record
Aaron Judge tied Roger Maris’ American League record of 61 home runs in a season, hitting a tiebreaking, two-run drive for the New York Yankees in the seventh inning against the Toronto Blue Jays on Wednesday night. The dropped into Toronto's bullpen and was picked by by Blue Jays bullpen coach Matt Bushman, who turned it over to the Yankees. Judge's mother and Roger Maris Jr. rose and hugged from front-row seats.
news.yahoo.comAaron Judge hits 61st home run to tie Roger Maris' vaunted Yankees, AL record
The New York Yankees superstar reached a magical number with homer No. pic.twitter.com/GKq72l8HQZ — New York Yankees (@Yankees) July 23, 2022Shortest: Hitting this many homers in one year requires at least a few borderline fly balls to go your way. 453 ft for Homer 48 👨⚖️ pic.twitter.com/QrhyxISLlo — New York Yankees (@Yankees) August 24, 2022His 48th home run of the season left the park at an eye-watering 115.9 mph. pic.twitter.com/FHWrERduEV — New York Yankees (@Yankees) May 11, 2022It was your classic backyard baseball fantasy: The Yankees were down two with two men on in the bottom of the ninth. While the Yankees season as a whole has cooled off recently, Judge is still barreling toward a monster payday.
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