The New York Yankees aren’t particularly pleased with the Toronto Blue Jays after they raised concerns about possible sign stealing following Monday night’s game at Rogers Centre.
Aaron Judge himself isn’t happy either.
The entire controversy surrounded Judge’s at-bat in the eighth inning where he was seen side-eyeing towards the dugout on multiple occasions. The Sportsnet broadcast booth of Dan Shulman and Buck Martinez both took notice to the side eye and raised questions about what Judge was doing. As they were discussing the side-eyeing Judge, the Yankees slugger crushed a Jay Jackson slider for a 462-foot home run.
“You don’t wanna go throwing allegations around without knowing but…”
Aaron Judge homers as the Toronto broadcast says he’s being suspicious pic.twitter.com/XWzoNrkvB4
— Talkin’ Baseball (@TalkinBaseball_) May 16, 2023
Come Tuesday, Judge had obviously seen the clip from the Blue Jays’ broadcast, and he took issue with how quickly Shulman and Martinez were to imply something was fishy about Judge’s look towards the dugout.
Aaron Judge said that he has some “choice words about” about the Blue Jays broadcasters insinuating that he was cheating. He declined to share them. “I’m not happy about it, but people can say what they want. I’ve still got a game to play. I’ve got things to do.”
— Bryan Hoch ⚾️ (@BryanHoch) May 16, 2023
Judge told reporters that he had “choice words” for the broadcast, but he declined to share exactly what those words were. Still, it’s a big deal for Judge when he shows (or admits to having) human emotions. So, he really must have been upset with the Sportsnet team.
Fans also had thoughts on these comments from Judge.
This was how Twitter reacted
Is it even cheating, though? If Jays were somehow tipping pitches and his teammates were relaying that info to him (no technology involved), that’s just baseball. https://t.co/7jifLynYUQ
— Bleacher Nation (@BleacherNation) May 16, 2023
No I wanna hear the choice words hehe https://t.co/T5sLE9wb1V
— Forum Mods Pension Fund (@foofan22) May 16, 2023
4 home run night incoming https://t.co/OpPLyK3laq
— Mike Foulks (@MikeFoulks1) May 16, 2023
MY CAPTAIN
I too have some choice words about the Blue Jays broadcasters https://t.co/sWXxL9ScZZ— Tripp Lyons (@tripplyons18) May 16, 2023
Judicial decorum practiced to perfection. https://t.co/eFxrSSvWcM
— Yankeesource ⚾️ (@YankeeSource) May 16, 2023
Aaron Judge has come here from the year 1949: "I'd really like to give them what for, maybe even a piece of my mind." https://t.co/ODs1YMJvwj
— David Brown: (Parity) 9600 Baud Rate (@AnswerDave) May 16, 2023
My "Not Cheating at Baseball" T-shirt has people asking a lot of questions already answered by my shirt. https://t.co/81W9CMBWWI
— Less Than Jays: A Toronto Blue Jays Podcast (@LessThanJays) May 16, 2023
Judge basically never says anything like this into a microphone so you know he's heated https://t.co/i2Zd3Wko0t
— Nick Stellini (@StelliniTweets) May 16, 2023
He’s going off tonight. https://t.co/z8WVFvT9vR
— tees32✭ (@tees32) May 16, 2023
It should be an interesting night in Toronto — that’s for sure.
