There's nothing quite like the atmosphere of baseball during a home run chase, and Aaron Judge's adventures on Thursday showed that and more.
Entering the game against the Boston Red Sox with 60 homers on the year and needing one more to match Roger Maris for the longstanding American League record, Judge didn't get many opportunities to make history. Despite Red Sox manager Alex Cora saying his pitchers would"attack" Judge like usual, the MVP candidate was walked in three of his first four plate appearances.
Judge's best chance came in the ninth inning against Red Sox reliever Matt Barnes, with the score tied 4-4. The stage was perfectly set for not just a record-tying homer, but a walkoff winner as well. Five pitches in, on a 2-2 count, Judge crushed an elevated fastball and immediately set off a roar across Yankee Stadium. The Fox broadcast certainly thought he had hit the home run, with play-by-play man Kenny Albert exclaiming"Aaron Judge! Center field! Way back!" while the camera showed an angle clearly meant for a home run.
Unfortunately for everyone on their feet, Albert finished his call with"Buuut Hernandez is there." The ball fell just a few feet short of the center-field wall, into the glove of Kiké Hernández.
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