Derek Jeter and Aaron Judge are not linked by homers. Their connection is one of attitude.
Jeter thrived in the Yankee cauldron and big moments because he had the mindset to avoid the personal, believing glory would find him if he fixated on winning and excelling as a teammate. Stars as talented as Randy Johnson and Alex Rodriguez made it tougher on themselves here by obsessing on their success, thinking that the team could not succeed without them.. And the temperament is so similar as well.
“I keep saying over and over, Aaron Judge … everyone should just watch and take notice,’’ Aaron Boone said. “I can say this because I’ve lived this and he’s shown this: He puts his focus on being a great teammate and winning. He knows everything else will take care of itself.”was so bizarre. It came leading off the ninth inning Tuesday night and — of course — thrilled a crowd that mostly would have been heading toward the Major Deegan if not for his looming at-bat.
The whole team pretty much implored Judge to nevertheless take a curtain call, and Judge said, “I really didn’t want to do it, you know, especially, we’re losing and it’s a solo shot.” But he did it. And then a strange thing happened, or an expected thing when playing the Pirates, who pretty much will not allow their opponent to lose.What followed against Wil Crowe — a trivia answer now for allowing No.
. Fittingly for Judge. Because it just would have felt awkward to celebrate Judge becoming the sixth player to ever reach 60 homers amid a Yankee loss, when he measures himself by winning.Everything to know about Aaron Judge and his chase for the home run record: