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Roger Maris Jr. traveled to New York and Toronto to watch the Yankees for the past nine days and finally saw Aaron Judge tie his father’s American League single-season home run record with 61 home runs.
But this isn’t the first time Maris has done so. He saw Mark McGuire, Sammy Sosa, and Barry Bonds hit his 61 home runs between his 1998 and his 2001 years.
However, Bonds, Sosa, and Maguire are all tainted by the cloud of steroids hanging on them.
After the Yankees’ 8-3 victory over the Toronto Blue Jays, Maris told reporters that if Judges hit 62 homers by the end of the regular season, his record should be the most home runs in a single season. That’s why I said that.
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“I think it means a lot, not just to me, but to a lot of people,” he explained. “He’s clean, he’s a Yankee, he’s playing the game the right way. I think it gives people a chance to see someone who should be respected for hitting 62 home runs, not just as a man who hit 62. If so, that’s what he really is, and I think it needs to happen. Baseball needs to see the record, and I think baseball should do something.”
Aaron Judge hits 61st season home run with Roger Maris
Maris has also spoken out on the issue in the past, but MLB has not erased Bonds’ record of 73 home runs in 2001. However, not all three players have been inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame.
But what Maris explained is exactly why Judge is under the microscope right now. increase. Maris considers it more impressive than anything that has been added to his father’s record so far.
Maris was able to meet and speak with the judges for the first time on Thursday night, even though he was in Toronto watching the at-bat with his mother for the first time. He said he didn’t want to be a “distraction” and wanted his father to be tied up before seeing a judge.
“I asked him why he waited so long for me to travel across the country.”Ironically, it was my ninth day here. [watching Judge]He wears a 99 and Dad wears a 9. This time he’ll probably go to Yankee Stadium and he’ll be 62 when his dad turns 61 on October 1st. ”
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Maris believes the AL East title celebration the Yankees had after Tuesday’s victory was all the judges needed to break a seven-game home run slump, and now that 61 is on his stats sheet, he’s not the only one to do so. I’m sure there will be a next in the Bronx at some point this weekend. .
“He’s back and I can tell you he’s ready to go,” he said.
Judge’s home run came in the top of the seventh inning with a 3-2 count from Tim Maza.
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The ball landed in the Blue Jays’ bullpen and was returned to the Yankees for safekeeping. After the game, the judges handed the ball to his mother.