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Aaron Judge Sets AL Record With 62nd Home Run

Judge moves past Roger Maris to stand alone atop the American League’s single-season list.

Sports Illustrated

Judge stuck on 61 homers as Yankees win but miss no-hitter

Washington (AFP) - New York Yankees slugger Aaron Judge missed another chance at hitting a record-breaking 62nd home run of the Major League Baseball season on Monday but great efforts abounded around him.

AFP

Coverage of Aaron Judge’s home-run chase puts Len Kasper’s move to radio in focus

For those who still don’t accept Kasper’s rationale for leaving Cubs TV for White Sox radio nearly two years ago, consider what happened in baseball broadcasting last week.

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Maris Jr. wants Judge recognized as home run king

New York (AFP) - The son of New York Yankees legend Roger Maris believes Major League Baseball should rewrite its record books to recognize Aaron Judge as the new single-season home run king if he goes on to eclipse his father's benchmark of 61 homers.

AFP

Roger Maris Jr. calls Aaron Judge the true home run king

Judge tied the AL record with his 61st homer on Wednesday. Maris Jr. earlier said he considers the home run totals held by Mark McGwire and Barry Bonds to be illegitimate. “I think most people do.”

Chicago Sun-Times

All rise! Judge blasts 61st homer to equal Maris record

Toronto (Canada) (AFP) - New York Yankees slugger Aaron Judge blasted his 61st home run of the season on Wednesday to equal the legendary Roger Maris's longstanding American League record.

AFP

Aaron Judge Makes History, but 61 Is Not the Record

Barry Bonds holds the single-season record, yet what the Yankees star has accomplished is still worth celebrating.

Sports Illustrated

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Aaron Judge hits 61st home run of season, ties Roger Maris’ AL record as Yankees beat Blue Jays

TORONTO — After seven games and eight days without a home run, the frustration started to show. In a 3-2 count, in the seventh inning of a tie game, Aaron Judge stepped back and took a little stroll behind the batter’s box. He took a deep breath as he settled…

Tribune News Service

Yankees Aaron Judge ties single-season AL record with 61st home run

Only five other players have hit 60 or more home runs in a single season.

Axios

Aaron Judge Ties Roger Maris With Historic 61st Home Run

Judge adds another historic milestone to his incredible season.

Sports Illustrated

Yankees star Judge hits 61st home run, ties Maris' AL record

Aaron Judge tied Roger Maris’ American League record of 61 home runs in a season, going deep for the New York Yankees against the Toronto Blue Jays

The Independent UK

Why the home run chases of today are different from the late '90s and early 2000s

For many baseball fans, the excitement over Aaron Judge, Albert Pujols and the milestones they've been chasing has evoked bittersweet memories of the home run chases of baseball's "steroid era."

WEKU

Aaron Judge Ties Roger Maris With Historic 61st Home Run

Judge adds another historic milestone to his incredible season.

Sports Illustrated

The single-season MLB record for most home runs: Where Aaron Judge lands

Where Judge lands on this list of huge home run seasons.

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Two of baseball's biggest stars are closing in on major home run marks

The Yankees' Aaron Judge and the Cardinals' Albert Pujols are each closing in on a major home run milestone, bringing life to every at-bat as their teams near the end of the regular season.

Chicago Sun-Times

Yankees’ Aaron Judge now two homers shy of Roger Maris’ AL record

Judge’s 11th multihomer game tied the season record set by Detroit’s Hank Greenberg in 1938 and matched by the Cubs’ Sammy Sosa in 1998.

Sports Illustrated

SI:AM | The U.S. Open Is on the Verge of a Historic Finish

Don’t worry, we’re not ignoring NFL Week 1.

Chicago Sun-Times

Home-run stud Aaron Judge is doing it the right way — we think

Yankee seems squeaky-clean, so we can go ahead and call him the homer king if he passes Maris

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What History Tells Us About Aaron Judge’s Pursuit of 61 Home Runs

Let’s look at how his season compares to the other players who were on similar homer paces entering September.

Tribune News Service

Aaron Judge hits homer No. 49, Gerrit Cole strikes out 11 as Yankees surge continues with 3-2 win over A’s

OAKLAND, Calif. — Aaron Judge is back on track. The New York Yankees slugger, who snapped a nine-game homer drought earlier this week, hit his third home run in the last four games Friday night as the Bombers beat the A’s 3-2 at the Coliseum.

Chicago Sun-Times

Willson Contreras is 17th player with at least 4 seasons of 20 or more homers with Cubs

Contreras joins Anthony Rizzo, Kris Bryant and Javy Baez as the fourth player from the 2016 World Series champs to accomplish the feat.

Chicago Sun-Times

Cubs pick Mason McGwire, son of ex-Cardinals slugger Mark McGwire, in draft

Mason is a right-handed pitcher out of Capistrano Valley High School in California. The 18-year-old is committed to the University of Oklahoma.

Sports Illustrated

SI:AM | The WNBA’s Triple-Double Explosion

Stuffing the stat sheet is becoming increasingly common in the W.

Chicago Tribune

Paul Sullivan: MLB’s ruling on the Josh Donaldson-Tim Anderson incident could have an effect on what’s acceptable trash talk

Modern baseball is boring.

Chicago Sun-Times

Marathon Dan: Roan, who’s retiring next week, has done it all in 38 years at WGN

WGN will celebrate Roan all next week on its 9 p.m. newscasts and especially on its “GN Sports” shows at 10:30.

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