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Aaron Judge has been on a tear all season for the New York Yankees. The soon-to-be free agent is having a legendary season as he approaches the American League home run record of 61 set by Yankee Roger Maris in 1961. He has an outside shot at the triple crown, too, and is having one of the great offensive seasons in recent memory.
Judge is sitting on 60 home runs, so every at-bat is must-watch television. On Thursday they were on national television against the Red Sox. Judge came up to bat without a home run so far in the ninth inning of a tie game. It would have been a storybook way to tie Maris’ record in front of a sold-out home crowd.
Some horrendous camera work made it seem like Judge had tied the record
On a 2-2 pitch with one out in the ninth, he got a pitch to hit.
OH. MY. GOODNESS.
Judge was that close…
📺: FOX
💻📱: https://t.co/NvZPAyEZeD pic.twitter.com/u4KT40II8O— FOX Sports: MLB (@MLBONFOX) September 23, 2022
That ball has to be gone, right? The camera instantly went to the batter’s eye like he had hit it 450 feet. Even his family (and Anthony Rizzo’s wife Emily) thought he had the record.
emily rizzo with the judge family means everything to me i’m so serious pic.twitter.com/Iybtegxch6
— ً (@nyyrizzo) September 23, 2022
Naturally, people were furious at the cameraman.
You think I’m a troll? Cameraman had that one in the parking lot.
— Jared Carrabis (@Jared_Carrabis) September 23, 2022
The Fox cameraman should be fired for that.
— Joe Randazzo (@Yankeelibrarian) September 23, 2022
But, what a moment it would have been.
Judge will try again Friday night as the Yankees take on the Red Sox on Apple TV.