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 within the seventh inning in opposition to the Toronto Blue Jays on Wednesday evening. The 30-year-old slugger drove a 94.5 mph belt-high sinker with a full-count from left-hander Tim Mayza … Read more
4:54 PM ET Marly RiveraESPN Writer Close Marly Rivera is a author for ESPNdeportes.com and ESPN.com. TORONTO — New York Yankees star Aaron Judge hit his 61st home run of the season Wednesday night time in opposition to the Toronto Blue Jays, tying Roger Maris’ American League file. It took Maris till Oct. 1, the … Read more
TORONTO — Aaron Judge should wait at the very least yet one more day to tie Roger Maris and the Yankees should wait at the very least as lengthy for his or her first AL East title since 2019. Judge went homer-less for a sixth consecutive recreation and the Yankees had their seven-game successful streak … Read more
11:04 PM ET Marly RiveraESPN Writer Close Marly Rivera is a author for ESPNdeportes.com and ESPN.com. NEW YORK — Reliever Zack Britton wished to mild a hearth beneath the Yankees’ bullpen. And he received a helmet to show it. Britton was in search of a means to not solely recognize a job effectively completed just … Read more
Aaron Judge can lastly really feel one thing of a kinship with Roger Maris. He has reached the purpose on this historic home-run derby at which he is possible feeling 5 p.c, 10 p.c, possibly 15 p.c of the stress Maris felt when he hunted down Babe Ruth in 1961. Hitting is arduous. Hitting dwelling … Read more
The file is 73. One can name it tainted or inauthentic, however Barry Bonds indisputably set the main league file for house runs in a season by smacking the cartoonish complete of 73 in 2001. But it has change into equally irrefutable over this final week that Aaron Judge’s chase of Babe Ruth and Roger … Read more
The clock is ticking on DJ LeMahieu’s potential return to the Yankees’ lineup. After initially hoping to come back again from the injured checklist throughout this homestand, LeMahieu was once more restricted to taking floor balls at third base and a less-than-full-effort batting apply on Friday at Yankee Stadium. And whereas he mentioned he’s feeling … Read more
Aaron Judge got here up simply in need of historical past on Thursday. He’ll get one other probability on Friday. The Yankees outfielder, needing only one house run to tie Roger Maris’ franchise and AL mark of 61 house runs, introduced the followers out of their seats within the backside of the ninth inning. In … Read more
The deed was performed, the Bambino caught, the stress off. A Brooklyn child named Sal Durante had delivered the treasured baseball to Roger Maris proper after the sport by which Maris’ 61st house run had given the Yankees a season-closing 1-0 win over the Red Sox and Maris a passing lane to usurp Babe Ruth … Read more
We should confront the unthinkable. Because the unthinkable is not unattainable. Not fairly, anyway. No one thought Freddie Freeman and the Braves would divorce, but they did. Free company is not at all times predictable. Of course, it solely is smart for the participant who matched The Babe to stay in the home that Ruth … Read more