Aaron Judge breaks the AL home run record, a breakdown
What Happened
Aaron Judge, the star slugger of the New York Yankees, steps up to the plate in the bottom of the ninth inning with his team trailing by one run. The crowd at Yankee Stadium is electric, knowing that Judge is on the verge of making history. The 30-year-old outfielder has already hit 59 home runs this season, tying the American League single-season record set by Roger Maris in 1961. As the pitcher delivers the pitch, Judge unleashes a powerful swing, sending the ball soaring high into the New York night sky. The crowd erupts in cheers as they watch the ball sail over the fence, giving the Yankees the lead and making Aaron Judge the new American League home run king. Judge's mother, watching from the stands, reacts with a mix of relief and pride, her reserved expression giving way to a smile and a wave as she celebrates her son's historic achievement. Judge's father is also in attendance, sharing in the excitement with his wife. Yankees manager Aaron Boone rushes to congratulate his star player, while teammate Gerrit Cole, who has also set a personal record, joins in the celebration. As Judge enters the dugout, he looks back at the stands, blowing a kiss to his mother and telling her, "I love you too." The cameras capture the emotional moment, showcasing the deep bond between the record-breaking slugger and his family. The crowd goes wild, with fans jumping and cheering, some even attempting to climb the outfield fence in their excitement. A fan in the stands makes a spectacular catch, leaping over others to secure the historic home run ball, much to the delight of the nearby spectators. The Yankees' dugout erupts in celebration, with players jumping and high-fiving each other. Rookie Oswaldo Peraza, caught off guard by the sudden outburst, ducks down in the dugout, unsure of what's happening. Veteran infielder Josh Donaldson is the first to reach home plate, leading the charge to congratulate Judge on his record-breaking achievement. It's a moment that will be etched in the hearts and minds of Yankees fans, as Aaron Judge solidifies his place in baseball history with a clutch home run that secures the victory and a new American League single-season home run record.
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Click timestamps to jump to that momentthere have been over 20 000 MLB players
in its history and only six of them have
hit 60 home runs in a season and Aaron
judge is now one of them and he's
looking for a 60-second home run which
would put him as the AL record and the
Hall of Fame eligible record and the
clean record if you care about steroids
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it now he gets a fastball then he gets a
tight little slider there by this
pitcher not a sharp slider it's got a
little bit of bite to him judge says
maybe throw that again yes throws it
over the fence once fan goes down on the
left he jumps down the other makes a
nice catch whoo we're gonna break it all
down and I gotta start with his mom
because that's what my mom taught me
that Moms come first and this is her
reaction the hit uh reserved look she's
reserved judges reserved not gonna go
over a little oh judge is thinking is it
gonna get up she's like I've seen a lot
of hard hits in my day I'm not going to
go over the moon about this people
behind her touching her like come on get
excited get excited she's like Let Me
Wait and See judge is thinking the same
thing let me wait and see and then it
goes out and look they both do this deep
sigh of relief uh and then swallow my
God and then she stands up and claps
judge Smiles closes the smile doesn't
want to show about too much you know and
then she gives some hugs and then they
see each other and he knows where she's
sitting
and they look at each other and that's
just a really nice beautiful moment that
the presence of mine he points her out
and she's looking and then he's gonna
look at her again and they're looking
right at each other right here she's
waving to him he's pointing at her she
goes double thumbs up you can see on the
bottom of the screen on that shot I
unblurred the two spots where they are
where they're looking at each other
really cool really cool and then this
kid he hits her on the elbow right he
goes tap on the elbow you want double
high five and they nail it perfect
double high five risky move because
she's clapping he interrupts her clap
and he's got his cell phone his left
hand doesn't matter they crush it proud
mom looking in strobe light going hugs
it for everyone you know the whole
team's celebrating with him happy for
him we'll get to their reaction later on
then dad comes and she says did you see
it he's like of course I saw it but we
can't we don't know if we can trust him
because Dad sometimes just say that you
know he might have been pissing I don't
know it sounds like my dad would just
like miss it but tell my mommy saw it Oh
Aaron Boone Aaron Boone is manager so
proud of you brother gives gives him a
nice little hug
Cole the pitcher for that day who broke
a record himself and then as he's
entering the Dugout right before he's
about to lose sight of the fans
his mom blows him a kiss
proud of you and he says I love you too
right back at her and again I'll show
you the dynamic here that's him entering
the Dugout on the left and you can see
as we zoom out and we go to the right
and we go to the right and we go to the
right his parents right there
looking at each other now let's go look
at the crazy reactions of all the fans
so boom home run and this guy loses his
in the top right
oh
okay and then you can see on the left
the guy that climbs the fence he's
looking to jump on the left you see his
white shoe climbing trying to climb the
fence it's hard to see we also got this
guy my mouse is over him right now he
runs over
watch he runs over this guy's legs that
doesn't move
like Clips his legs
right here you can see him clip his legs
blurry as and then one two three
one two three four five six seats he
runs over boxes people out makes the
catch as the guy on the left is falling
and that guy's jumping down to try and
get the rebound in case that dude misses
the catch he doesn't miss the catch he
makes the catch perfectly comes back to
his buddy high fives him they're excited
now the guy in the right on the Yankee
hat he's gonna walk over and he's gonna
be like holy
oh oh my God
got it on his phone I think
what just happened now the guy's sitting
there
what's that about if that guy's mobile
is a really weird move right if that guy
in the middle is has the ability to move
but just chose not to
he's like I don't know I know it's worth
six million dollars but I got my nachos
on my lap not really looking to mess
with that's messy then I have probably
got to get a new shirt I like this shirt
just didn't move at all here's another
angle of the guy jumping down now it
looked like he fell at first but it's a
pretty in control jump down I wonder how
much trouble he gets oh and this kid is
just so sad everyone's so excited and
this kid in the Ken Griffey Jr shirt is
so sad that he didn't get it look at
this oh no kid it's all right
you've witnessed history you were there
in the front row I was like I don't give
a I wanted the money
boom here's the teammates reactions the
funniest one is the rookie as Waldo as
wall Oswald Peraza in the background
you see him duck he hears everyone
scream he just ducks look look he's
behind their heads oh what is it
and he's like oh oh oh a home run he got
so scared
Oh I thought foul ball was coming in The
Dugout or something Donaldson jumps the
railing the farthest and they wait and
they wait and then boom all jumping all
up in the air I like boony's reaction
the best the manager can't control
himself dead center acts like a little
kid up fist pump and then he's like
everyone get up
and then everyone's running running
towards plate and you got Oswaldo
Cabrera on the left and he's got a
decision because he wants to get around
Rizzo but the cameraman's in his way so
he Dodges behind the camera man
Conservative then we got our guy Ryan
doing social for the Yankees on the Move
way to go Ryan look at that shot
that's pretty cool
and then I like this Domingo Herman
chases Nestor down chases him down and
Demands a high five out of all the
people that he could have went to he
chases nesters give me a high fiber with
this damn it and that's like oh okay
yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah he's like
forced me to get my five what was that
about no no it was weird and then
they're all waiting Donaldson's going
crazy clapping
and then they're going to say yo good
job nice hit
saw 61 of them already boring
let's do some fan action first one up
take take your guesses take your guesses
this shot clear winner
there's oh you see him on the right see
him on the right in the Yankee Polo I
mean just a clear winner look at him his
ass is out of the seat beat the whole
field why weren't these people standing
and you do have the guy in the white in
the section to the left he gets up too
but black polo beat the whole field
there and then I do like this kid I like
this kid a lot because he gets jumpy
jumping for joy one jump and the hat
comes off so he doesn't lose it waits
till it goes out waits till it goes out
waits till it goes out bigger jump both
hands in the air can't control it
jumping for joy oh let's take a picture
show your mom that we made it to the
game looking and judges up oh I
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thank you DraftKings I haven't stayed up
till one in the morning because I was
just super excited about one in a little
bit and I know it's the Yankees and some
of you are like blah blah blah
but I don't care because that was
awesome