Slugger takes curtain call after becoming first Yankee to accomplish feat: ‘It was great’
NEW YORK — We’ll never know for sure how things would have looked if Aaron Judge had taken a different route on that fateful June fly ball, a play that sent the reigning American League MVP to the injured list while changing the course of the Yankees’ season.
It’s a safe bet that Judge and the Yankees would have had a few more special nights like this one to celebrate. Judge slammed three home runs Friday evening in the 7-1 win over the D-backs at Yankee Stadium, receiving a curtain call after becoming the first player in franchise history to collect a pair of three-homer games in a season.
“It was great,” Judge said. “Anytime Yankees fans want to show some love and show some appreciation, I love it. That was a pretty cool moment right there.”
