A page of history could be turned at Yankee Stadium this week as hitter Aaron Judge attempts to surpass Roger Maris’ mark for most homers in a season in American League Baseball.
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In Sunday’s 12-8 win over the Milwaukee Brewers, Judge catapulted two shots over the fence and came within two of the 61 overall that former Yankee Maris set in 1961 Difficulties to make history; New York has 16 games left before the end of the season, including the next six at home. Manager Aaron Boone’s team hosts the Pittsburgh Pirates Tuesday and Wednesday and the Boston Red Sox Thursday through Sunday.
As reported by MLB.com, if he maintains his current pace, Judge will finish the regular season with 65 long balls. That potential crop would place him fourth in major league history. Barry Bonds (San Francisco Giants) dominated with his 73 homers in 2001. Three years earlier, Mark McGwire (St. Louis Cardinals) and Sammy Sosa (Chicago Cubs) hit 70 and 66 four-stroke goals at a time, respectively Medicines have significantly less strict rules.
Despite the redundancy of the right-hander’s responses, the media continues to hunt him down to find out more about his whims. The one with 127 RBIs to his credit keeps hammering home that he’s here to win.
“It’s not difficult to do all of this when your main goal and focus is to win a game,” he told Manfred Tour’s website. Numbers are just numbers. I’m focused on what I need to achieve to be a good teammate and help the team win. If that means slamming a circuit, well so be it. Only it was never my first goal.
Avoid distractions
If that can reassure the star player, the Yankees remain at the top of the Americans’ East Division by a five-and-a-half game lead over the Toronto Blue Jays. According to him, in order for his people to stay on track after some difficult moments in recent weeks, it is important not to hear what is being said about him or almost.
“I turned everything off. I try to stay away from discussions as much as possible. If you play a bad game, people will say something about it. The same is true when you perform well. I’m trying to work towards what I need to do to support this training. The opinions of my teammates and my coaches are important to me,” he said.