Aaron Judge surpasses Babe Ruth's legendary figure of 60 home runs in a regular baseball season
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Aaron Judge is one of the strongest players in Major League Baseball.
He proved that in devastating fashion in the Yankees’ game against the Dodgers on Saturday night.
He ran full speed to rob J.D. Martinez of an extra-base hit before the Yankees captain crashed through the right-field bullpen gate at Dodger Stadium.
Judge had to make the play as the Dodgers were threatening late. They had a man on first base with nobody out in the bottom of the eighth inning.
Judge knew that if Martinez’s ball had dropped, the Dodgers would have the least runners in scoring position with the score at 5-3 in the Yankees’ favor.
Aaron Judge surpasses Babe Ruth's legendary figure of 60 home runs in a regular baseball season
BaseballWith Judge going full commit on his catch attempt, the fence at Dodger Stadium never stood a chance.
The 6-foot-7 outfielder reached up to glove Martinez’s ball just before slamming face-first into a chain-link fence.
The force of the impact stunningly jarred the gate loose as Judge stumbled inside, sending the fans into a frenzy.
According to numbers from Statcast, Judge covered 79 feet in 4.7 seconds to make the grab, which had a catch probability of only 50 percent, per MLB.com.
Before his heroics in the outfield, Judge displayed his power at the plate.
He hit his 19th homer of the season in the top of the sixth inning, putting a line drive into the short left-field porch to give the Yankees a 5-1 lead, per ESPN.
Judge’s efforts were rewarded as the Bronx Bombers escaped with a 6-3 win over the Dodgers.
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BaseballHis highlight-reel catch came at a price, though, as he missed Sunday’s game against Los Angeles due to a banged toe.
Yankees manager Aaron Boone gave his star a day off as Judge’s big toe in his right foot was too sore to play.
Sports Brief recently reported on Judge hitting his 18th homer in the Yankees' win against the Mariners.
Judge hit a towering shot off Darren McCaughan’s first pitch in the seventh inning.
The ball just cleared the fence in left-center field.