Aaron Judge

Aaron Judge tied Roger Maris's American League record with his 61st home run of the season, and Maris's former teammate Bobby Richardson sees many ...

“The boy is planning to get married and he can use the money, but he still wanted to give the ball back to me for nothing. Frick had infamously declared that July that if it took a hitter longer than 154 games to eclipse Ruth, a “distinctive mark in the record books” would be affixed to the total. Instead, the 61st homer found its way to Sal Durante, a 19-year-old fan from Brooklyn who caught it on the fly in the stands. Louis that off-season, but Maris took the time to commission a personalized gift for his friend. But the Yankees held a day to honor Richardson before his retirement in late 1966, a miserable year in which the team finished in last place for the first time since 1912. “He had a friend who was a jeweler and had it made. “He would be tickled to death that Judge would be the one breaking his record. Richardson, who is 5-foot-9, never had his number retired for him by the Yankees, as Maris did for his No. Judge is the first hitter to reach 61 homers in the two decades that Major League Baseball has been testing for performance-enhancing drugs. Judge connected off the Blue Jays left-hander Tim Mayza with a liner to left in the seventh inning, a two-run shot that broke a tie in an eventual 8-3 Yankees victory. When Maris was laid to rest on a bitterly cold December day in Fargo, N.D., Bobby Richardson gave the eulogy. Roger Maris was 19 days old when Babe Ruth hit his final home run for the Yankees in 1934.

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.

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.

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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.

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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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.