On Friday, New York Yankees managing general partner Hal Steinbrenner announced the team would no longer force its players to be clean-shaven.
“In recent weeks I have spoken to a large number of former and current Yankees — spanning several eras — to elicit their perspectives on our longstanding facial hair and grooming policy, and I appreciate their earnest and varied feedback,” Steinbrenner said in a statement posted on X. “These most recent conversations are an extension of ongoing internal dialogue that dates back several years. Ultimately the final decision rests with me, and after great consideration, we will be amending our expectations to allow our players and uniformed personnel to have well-groomed beards moving forward. It is the appropriate time to move beyond the familiar comfort of our former policy.”
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Statement from Yankees Managing General Partner Hal Steinbrenner on the alteration of Yankees facial hair policy: <a href="https://t.co/UdEuAg3gZy">pic.twitter.com/UdEuAg3gZy</a>
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“Steinbrenner said he spoke with several players earlier this week, including team captain Aaron Judge, right-hander Gerrit Cole and designated hitter Giancarlo Stanton. All were in favor of updating the policy,” MLB.com <a href="https://www.mlb.com/news/yankees-change-facial-hair-policy">reported</a>.
“It’s appropriate. It makes sense,” Cole offered. “It still embodies our look and neatness, but allows for some individual freedom and a few less razor burns.”
Long beards may not pass the test; general manager Brian Cashman said: “We’re not trying to look like Duck Dynasty.” One concern expressed by the Yankees is that a free agent who sported facial hair might be lost because of the prior policy. “We never want to miss out on one player. If we miss out on one player because of that [policy], that’s too many,” manager Aaron Boone explained.
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The policy was implemented by Yankees owner George Steinbrenner, who had served in the military, in the 1970s. “I have nothing against long hair per se,” Steinbrenner said in 1978, “but I’m trying to instill a certain sense of order and discipline in the ballclub, because I think discipline is important in an athlete. The players can joke about it, as long as they do it.”
“Winning was the most important thing to my father,” Steinbrenner added. “If somebody came and told him that they were very sure this could affect us getting the players we want to get … I think he might be a little more apt to do the change than people think, because it was about winning.”
“All players, coaches and male executives are forbidden to display any facial hair other than mustaches [except for religious reasons], and scalp hair may not be grown below the collar,” the team’s player manual states. “Long sideburns and mutton chops are not specifically banned.”
In the 1970s, one of the greatest teams of all time, the Cincinnati Reds, with Pete Rose, Johnny Bench, Joe Morgan, and Tony Perez on the team, were forbidden from sporting facial hair by general manager Bob Howsam, who was supported by manager Sparky Anderson. Howsam also banned long hair and demanded the team wear suit jackets for traveling.

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The <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/mlb" target="_blank" rel="noopener">World Series</a> scored its highest ratings a Game 5 has seen in years when the Los Angeles Dodgers won the championship 7-6 against the New York Yankees.
On Wednesday night, the Dodgers-Yankees final game averaged 18.6 million viewers across all Fox Sports platforms, including the broadcast network, Fox Deportes, and streaming services, with the main broadcast network having an audience of <a href="https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/world-series-2024-tv-ratings-best-7-years-1236050038/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">18.15 million</a> people, according to The Hollywood Reporter.
The Dodgers&#8217; victory also ended up being a seven-year high for the game since 2017, when the Houston Astros had a seven game victory over the Dodgers with an average audience of 18.93 million.
As a whole, the entire series gave Major League Baseball its fourth largest audience baseball has seen since 2010, trailing only behind the 2016 series with nearly 23 million viewers, 2017&#8217;s 18.93 million viewers, and 2011’s 16.5 million viewers. All three of those series went a full seven games.
This year&#8217;s series averaged 15.81 million viewers over the entire five nights of nail-bitting action on the field, with the first three games in Los Angeles and later to New York as the Dodgers led the series 3-0. However, it was the Yankees who scored a massive win in the fourth game, 11-4, to take it to a fifth game where the Dodgers scored a victory on Wednesday night.
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The year&#8217;s series ended up being a huge draw for viewers in Japan, and it was the first time ever that viewership was larger there than in the United States, driven largely by Japanese-born Dodgers pitcher/designated star hitter <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/greatest-day-in-baseball-history-dodgers-star-sets-new-mlb-milestone">Shohei Ohtani</a>, as <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/world-series-ratings-soar-in-japan-thanks-to-ohtani">The Daily Wire</a> previously reported.
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The 2024 World Series goes in the books as the most watched Fall Classic since 2017 <a href="https://t.co/Xfxqyygn6M">https://t.co/Xfxqyygn6M</a>
— The Hollywood Reporter (@THR) <a href="https://twitter.com/THR/status/1852472020841193851?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 1, 2024</a></blockquote>
The ratings for the second game of the series between LA and NY scored 15.9 million viewers in Japan, while the viewership in the U.S. fell to 13.8 million, making it the second biggest TV market for the series, according to <a href="https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/shohei-ohtani-lifts-world-series-tv-ratings-japan-record-1236047222/">data</a> from the Major League Baseball and Fox Corp’s sports division, THR noted.
Due to the 16-hour time difference, the first two games of the World Series, which were held in Los Angeles, aired in Japan on Saturday morning and Sunday morning. After game one, the Dodgers came away with a 6-3 victory over the NY team and LA also scored a 4-2 victory in game two.
Related: <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/world-series-ratings-soar-in-japan-thanks-to-ohtani" target="_blank" rel="noopener">World Series Ratings Soar In Japan Thanks To Ohtani</a>

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World Series Scores Highest Ratings In Years For Dodgers’ Game 5 Championship Win

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Two <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/new-york-yankees">New York Yankees</a> fans were ejected from Game 4 of the World Series on Tuesday night after interfering with a catch made by <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/los-angeles-dodgers">Los Angeles Dodgers</a> star Mookie Betts. 
The incident occurred during the first inning when Betts ran toward the right-field wall to catch a foul hit by Yankees second baseman Gleyber Torres. Betts caught the ball in foul territory, but then video footage showed a fan reaching over the wall and grabbing Betts&#8217; glove. Another spectator pulled on Betts&#8217; arm at the same time, causing the ball to pop loose. An umpire ruled that Torres was out due to fan interference.
Video footage of the incident immediately began circulating on social media, prompting outraged reactions. 
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&quot;Well, A for effort.&quot;
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&mdash; FOX Sports: MLB (@MLBONFOX) <a href="https://twitter.com/MLBONFOX/status/1851420322295128310?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 30, 2024</a></blockquote>
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Former Atlanta Braves pitcher John Smoltz, now a FOX Sports broadcaster, said the fan “won’t be watching the game much longer.”
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Video footage showed both fans being escorted out of the stadium. On their way out, the men exchanged high-fives with other Yankees fans, and one of them told The Athletic reporter Rustin Dodd that the fan was a “hero … it’s a championship game.” 
The ejected fan was identified by ESPN as a Yankees season-ticket holder who said he had prepared for that situation in advance. “We always joke about the ball in our area,” the fan said after the game, per the outlet. “We’re not going to go out of our way to attack. If it’s in our area, we’re going to ‘D’ up. Someone defends, someone knocks the ball. We talk about it. We’re willing to do this.”
Security reportedly told the two men they were not permitted to come back for Game 5 on Wednesday.
Betts did not have much to say about what happened, responding to teammate Tommy Edman calling the behavior “unacceptable” by saying, “We lost, that’s what I’m focused on.” 
The Yankees won Game 4 on Tuesday with a final score of 11-4. They trail the Dodgers three games to one in the best-of-seven series. The Yankees are seeking their 28th World Series title, which would be their first since 2009. The Dodgers are hoping for their first World Series ring since winning the series in 2020. The team has won seven World Series titles in franchise history.

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For the first time ever, the audience for the World Series in Japan was larger than in the United States, driven largely by Japanese-born Dodgers&#8217; pitcher/designated star hitter <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/greatest-day-in-baseball-history-dodgers-star-sets-new-mlb-milestone" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Shohei Ohtani</a>.
The ratings for the second game of the series between Los Angeles and the New York Yankees scored 15.9 million viewers in Japan, while the viewership in the U.S. fell to 13.8 million, making it the second biggest TV market for the series, according to <a href="https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/shohei-ohtani-lifts-world-series-tv-ratings-japan-record-1236047222/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">data</a> from the Major League Baseball and Fox Corp’s sports division, The Hollywood Reporter noted.
Due to the 16-hour time difference, the first two games of the World Series, which were held in Los Angeles, aired in Japan on Saturday morning and Sunday morning. After game one, the Dodgers came away with a 6-3 victory over the NY team and LA also scored a 4-2 victory in game two.
Despite the lower ratings than Japan, the World Series has scored Fox Sports the biggest ratings the World Series has had since 2017, THR noted.
The ratings for the first two games in the coveted age demographic of ages 18-34 were also up 93 percent, according to Nielsen.
And according to the league, World Series engagement has never been higher, with 345 million views on social media and 25 million engagements.
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Saturday&#8217;s Game Two of the World Series drew 15.9 million average viewers in Japan, the most ever for a postseason Major League Baseball game in the country, the league said on Monday. <a href="https://t.co/abbtBYyNM4">https://t.co/abbtBYyNM4</a>
— The Japan Times (@japantimes) <a href="https://twitter.com/japantimes/status/1851097267932979580?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 29, 2024</a></blockquote>
The ratings for game three in Los Angeles of the series drew another 13.6 million views across all its platforms on Fox, Fox Deportes, and Fox Sports, making it the most watched World Series game three since 2018, when 13.3 million viewers watched the Dodgers beat the Red Sox 3-2, the outlet noted.
On the Fox network alone, the Dodgers&#8217; 4-2 victory over the Yankees drew 13.2 million viewers, the Wrap noted.
The audience was also 63% bigger than the game two series last year between the Texas Rangers and Arizona Diamondbacks, which had an audience of 8.13 million, the Wrap noted.
Coming out of game three, the Dodgers are leading the series 3-0. The series will now shift to New York for games 3-5 where the Yankees must come away with the victory if they want a shot at winning the championship, or the Dodgers will go home the victors.
Game four of the series takes place Tuesday night in New York.
Related: <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/greatest-day-in-baseball-history-dodgers-star-sets-new-mlb-milestone" target="_blank" rel="noopener">‘Greatest Day In Baseball History’: Dodgers Star Sets New MLB Milestone</a>

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Scientists in the United Kingdom claim that they have achieved a remarkable scientific feat — creating synthetic human embryos by using stem cells without any eggs or sperm. Professor Magdalena Żernicka-Goetz, of the University of Cambridge and the California Institute of Technology, announced the news on Wednesday at a conference in Boston, but the potential method is still a long way from being used clinically. It also raises serious ethical and legal questions.
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Texas Christian University’s course catalog shows the school will offer a course called “The Queer Art of Drag” this coming fall. The course will be taught by Dr. Nino Testa, who also goes by his drag name “Maria von Clapp.” A syllabus for the course indicates that students will use worksheets and vision boards to develop their own drag personas, culminating in a live lip-sync performance.
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After a five-month investigation, law enforcement in Canada, Australia, and New Zealand have busted a massive drug syndicate accused of smuggling six tons of methamphetamine from Canada to Australia and New Zealand. The traffickers were intercepted smuggling the drugs through shipments of maple syrup and canola oil.
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UFC superstar Conor McGregor has been accused of sexually assaulting a woman in the bathroom at Kaseya Center, home to the Miami Heat. According to a report from TMZ, the incident allegedly took place at Game 4 of the 2023 NBA Finals between the Heat and Denver Nuggets. McGregor’s representatives have denied the allegations. According to demand letters from attorney Ariel Mitchell, the victim was separated from her friend by Heat and NBA security, where she was forced into a bathroom inside the arena. McGregor then emerged from a stall and forcibly kissed the woman while security guards allegedly guarded the doors.
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The internet responded in big ways — including a shout-out from the president — as Aaron Judge hit home run 62 Tuesday night, breaking the American League single-season record.
The New York Yankees star blasted a leadoff homer against the Texas Rangers in Arlington that broke Roger Maris&#8217; single-season record of 61 home runs.
&#8220;Congrats @TheJudge44 on home run 62. History made, more history to make,&#8221; President Joe Biden tweeted Tuesday night.
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Congrats <a href="https://twitter.com/TheJudge44?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@TheJudge44</a> on home run 62. History made, more history to make.
&mdash; President Biden (@POTUS) <a href="https://twitter.com/POTUS/status/1577462671582134272?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 5, 2022</a></blockquote>
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Biden was not alone in congratulating the 30-year-old slugger. Yankee great Derek Jeter took to social media to share his encouragement, adding, &#8220;Postseason next!!!&#8221;
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Congrats <a href="https://twitter.com/TheJudge44?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@TheJudge44</a> on 62! Postseason next!!!
&mdash; Derek Jeter (@derekjeter) <a href="https://twitter.com/derekjeter/status/1577452510599446528?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 5, 2022</a></blockquote>
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New York City Mayor Eric Adams was also quick to respond. &#8220;Congratulations to @TheJudge44 — keep making history for New York City,&#8221; he tweeted.
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Number 62!
Congratulations to <a href="https://twitter.com/TheJudge44?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@TheJudge44</a> — keep making history for New York City. <a href="https://t.co/wvGOlMNOLL">https://t.co/wvGOlMNOLL</a>
&mdash; Mayor Eric Adams (@NYCMayor) <a href="https://twitter.com/NYCMayor/status/1577467079372021762?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 5, 2022</a></blockquote>
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Other words of praise came from various political leaders, athletes, and celebrities. NFL Super Bowl champ and Kansas City Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes included the full video of the historic home run.
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Congrats <a href="https://twitter.com/TheJudge44?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@TheJudge44</a>!! <a href="https://t.co/sjXZcjn9Zr">https://t.co/sjXZcjn9Zr</a>
&mdash; Patrick Mahomes II (@PatrickMahomes) <a href="https://twitter.com/PatrickMahomes/status/1577452424448675843?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 5, 2022</a></blockquote>
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Judge, a four-time All-Star, passed the long-time record that stood for more than 60 years. Maris and fellow Yankee Mickey Mantle battled during the 1961 season to become the previous home run king, with Maris hitting 61 and Mantle finishing with 54. Yankee legend Babe Ruth set the prior record with 60 home runs in 1927.
Roger Maris Jr. also posted a tweet claiming Judge was the &#8220;clean&#8221; home run king.
&#8220;For the MAJORITY of the fans, we can now celebrate a new CLEAN HOME RUN KING!!&#8221; he tweeted.
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Congratulations to Aaron Judge and his family on Aaron’s historic home run number 62! It has definitely been a baseball season to remember. You are all class and someone who should be revered. For the MAJORITY of the fans, we can now celebrate a new CLEAN HOME RUN KING!!
&mdash; Roger Maris Jr (@RogerMarisJr) <a href="https://twitter.com/RogerMarisJr/status/1577451107516809216?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 5, 2022</a></blockquote>
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Maris Jr. was likely referring to the three home run sluggers with more home runs than Judge in the National League. San Francisco Giants star Barry Bonds hit 73 home runs in 2001, the St. Louis Cardinals&#8217; Mark McGwire hit 70 in 1998 (also 65 in 1999), and the Chicago Cubs&#8217; Sammy Sosa had three seasons with 63, 64, and 66 homers.
Previous top home runs champs have been accused of using performance-enhancing drugs during their record-breaking years, with the top three National League home run kings not being inducted into the Major League Baseball Hall of Fame after the controversy.
The wait since Judge&#8217;s 61st home run extended since September 28 when he homered against the Toronto Blue Jays. Judge still has two more regular season games to potentially add to his total, offering baseball fans another opportunity to show their excitement.
In the meantime, one lucky fan will have to decide what he plans to do with the record-breaking baseball after he caught it on Tuesday night.
Dallas resident Cory Youmans snagged the home run into the glove he brought for the occasion. Youmans was later escorted by security and interviewed by WFAA-TV. So far, he hasn&#8217;t thought about what he will do with the unique collector&#8217;s item.
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The fan who caught Aaron Judge’s historic 62nd HR when asked what he plans to do with the ball: 
“I haven’t thought about it.”
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&mdash; FOX Sports: MLB (@MLBONFOX) <a href="https://twitter.com/MLBONFOX/status/1577470912059695104?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 5, 2022</a></blockquote>
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Aaron Judge Hits Home Run 62, Breaks American League Single-Season Record

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On Wednesday, Aaron Judge of the New York Yankees tied the American League home run record set by Roger Maris in 1961, slugging his 61st home run 61 years after Maris etched his name into the record books.
Batting in the top of the seventh inning against the Toronto Blue Jays’ Tim Mayza, Judge rocketed a 3-2 pitch 394 feet into the left field stands at a speed of 117.4 mph, the hardest he has hit any home run this season, according to Statcast tracking data, <a href="https://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/34336771/tracking-new-york-yankees-star-aaron-judge-chase-62-home-runs">ESPN</a> noted.
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61 years since 61.
Aaron Judge has written his name alongside Roger Maris in baseball&#39;s record books. <a href="https://t.co/1V4Gums34C">pic.twitter.com/1V4Gums34C</a>
&mdash; New York Yankees (@Yankees) <a href="https://twitter.com/Yankees/status/1575292465384398848?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">September 29, 2022</a></blockquote>
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After his historic home run, Judge <a href="https://nypost.com/2022/09/29/aaron-judge-praises-wife-samantha-bracksieck-after-61st-home-run/">praised his wife</a> Samantha, who was his high school sweetheart, saying, “My wife has been with me through it all and she’s calm as a cucumber, that’s for sure,”
He also thanked his mother, who was in attendance, declaring, “She’s been with me through it all. From the Little League days, getting me ready for school, taking me to my first couple of practices and games, being there for my first professional game, my debut and now getting a chance to be here for this – this is something special, and we’re not done yet.”
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New York <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Yankees?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#Yankees</a> slugger Roger Maris hits HR #61 of the 1961 season vs. Boston <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/RedSox?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#RedSox</a> pitcher Tracy Stallard at Yankee Stadium to break Babe Ruth&#39;s single-season home run record! <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/MLB?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#MLB</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Baseball?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#Baseball</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/History?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#History</a> <a href="https://t.co/P3x78k4haG">https://t.co/P3x78k4haG</a>
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Meanwhile, Roger Maris Jr., the son of the late slugger, said that the home run records racked up by Barry Bonds, Mark McGwire and Sammy Sosa, who all surpassed Maris’ 61 home runs in a season, were illegitimate. When he was asked whether their records were illegitimate, he <a href="https://apnews.com/article/barry-bonds-mlb-sports-new-york-yankees-aaron-judge-6d9bc98cfa005cd3f3df3acf2a62aa55">answered</a>, “I do. I think most people do.”
Asserting that if adding Judge hits his 62nd home run he should be considered the all-time single season home run leader, Maris Jr. continued, “He should be revered for being the actual single-season home run champ. I mean, that’s really who he is if he hits 62, and I think that’s what needs to happen. I think baseball needs to look at the records and I think baseball should do something.”
McGwire admitted he had used steroids when playing. Bonds and Sosa have been suspected of using performance-enhancing drugs.
“I can’t think of anybody better that baseball can look up to than Aaron Judge,” Maris Jr. added.
Noting that the Yankees will return to the Bronx on Friday for their three-game series against the Baltimore Orioles, Maris Jr. stated, “You can tell he’s back and he’s ready to go now. I think it will happen in New York. That’s where you want it to happen, that’s where I want it to happen. I think the city of New York deserves it. The fans deserve it. I think it would be great for baseball if it happens in New York.”
“Get to New York and hit 62 and knock the top off Yankee Stadium. It’s going to be fun,” he told Judge.

Toronto Blue Jays play the New York Yankees

Aaron Judge Ties Maris’ Record. Maris Jr: If He Hits 62, He Should Be All-Time Record-Holder.

Aaron Judge Ties Maris' Record. Maris Jr: If He Hits 62, He Should Be All-Time Record-Holder.

Yankees right fielder <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/aaron-judge-ties-the-babe-with-60th-homer-on-verge-of-passing-roger-maris" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Aaron Judge</a> is having arguably the greatest offensive season in baseball history. 
As of this writing, he leads major league baseball in home runs, RBIs, runs, on-base percentage, slugging percentage, OPS, OPS+, and WAR, and he leads the American League in batting average and walks. 
Judge is a lock to break Roger Maris’ 61-year-old AL home run record of 61 — a record set in 1961. More on the steroid-era home run derby later. Judge hit his 60th home run in his 147th game of the season while it took Babe Ruth 150 games to hit 60 in 1927. So no asterisks necessary where Judge is concerned. 
He’s poised to become only the second Triple Crown winner (league leader in batting average, homers and RBIs) since 1967 and only the sixth since World War II.
This season, Judge is towering over his fellow competitors like Ruth did a century ago. With apologies to two-way unicorn Shohei Ohtani, Judge stands alone as the game’s singularly dominant player.
The bow on this package of greatness? Judge goes about his business like a professional. Instead of look-at-me bat flips and poses of admiration as the ball leaves the park, as is all the rage among latter-day sluggers, Judge gently places his bat on the ground before commencing yet another home run trot. It&#8217;s the baseball equivalent of Barry Sanders tossing the ball to the ref after an impossible 20-juke touchdown run. Act like you’ve been there before, indeed.
In contrast to the steroid-marred power surge of the late 1990s and early 2000s, there’s never been a whisper of juicing associated with Judge, adding another layer of likability.
Judge is a happily married man of deep Christian faith whose <a href="https://www.aaronjudgeallrisefoundation.org/">Aaron Judge All Rise Foundation</a> is, according to the website, shaping children and youth into the leaders of tomorrow. 
So why isn’t Aaron Judge an American hero? Why isn’t this chiseled 6’7” adonis, a man of impeccable reputation and skill, adorning every magazine cover and leading evening newscasts in a nation starved for something positive?
I can think of two reasons.
One, the aforementioned steroid era simultaneously saved and ruined baseball. A sport teetering on the edge of national oblivion following a devastating strike and the cancellation of the 1994 World Series found temporary salvation in an unprecedented power explosion that saw 17 50-homer seasons between 1996 and 2002, including the memorable National League race between Mark McGwire-Sammy Sosa in 1998 and Barry Bonds’ record-setting 73-run campaign in 2001. 
Sadly, the growth in homers was mirrored in the juice-induced growth of Barry Bonds. By 2007, thanks to the details revealed in the Mitchell Report of widespread steroid use in baseball, the power surge was retroactively rendered fraudulent. Robbed to an extent of sluggers on steroids, the MLB allegedly turned to juiced baseballs in the late 2010s to try to recapture the magic of the glory days, but all that did was accelerate the game’s transformation into a homer-walk-strikeout snooze fest.
In other words, home runs have lost their luster and conceptually remain tainted from the steroid era. Judge, through no fault of his own, is suffering the consequences.
Secondly, the game itself has lost its status as America’s Pastime, and much of that decline is self-inflicted. I’ve alluded to many of the factors already — the sullying effect of steroids; the over-reliance on home runs; labor strife that alienates the working-class fan base that has long been the foundation of the game’s prosperity. 
But even deeper problems exist. The MLB’s rush to bend the knee to the forces of political correctness — epitomized by Commissioner Rob Manfred’s absurd decision to rob Atlanta of the 2021 All-Star Game due to a common-sense election security law in Georgia — has furthered the game’s decline.
I happen to be in possession of a framed newspaper front page from October 1921. The top story on a page that’s crammed with noteworthy breaking news? The World Series results from the night before. Can you imagine? It’s almost shocking to consider, but baseball once captured the hearts and captivated the minds of Americans. Believe it or not, James Earl Jones’ cornball speech in “Field of Dreams” about baseball being America’s constant once rang true.
While MLB drifts toward the iceberg, Manfred and Co. are busy rearranging deck chairs.
And Aaron Judge, a worthy American hero, pays the price.

Detroit Tigers v New York Yankees

One Of Baseball’s Most Hallowed Records Is About To Fall. Do Fans Even Care?

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New York Yankees fans blistered Pittsuburg Pirates’ pitcher Eric Stout for avoiding the possibility of giving up a record-tying home run to Yankees’ slugger Aaron Judge after Stout threw four straight pitches out of the strike zone, walking Judge on four pitches.
It was clear that Judge’s at-bat against Stout would be his last of the game, as it came in the eighth inning with the Yankees leading 11-2. There would be no reason to try to pitch around Judge as the game was not even close to being on the line; Judge has 60 home runs, and his 61st would tie the American League record held by the Yankees’ Roger Maris.
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Eric Stout wanted zero part of history.
4 balls not even CLOSE to Aaron Judge <a href="https://t.co/gp3WgehOEp">https://t.co/gp3WgehOEp</a>
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“Eric Stout is the biggest coward in baseball,” <a href="https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/mlb/article-11237535/Yankees-fans-call-Eric-Stout-biggest-coward-baseball-walked-Aaron-Judge.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">wrote one fan</a> on social media. Another chimed in, “If you walk Aaron Judge on four pitches in garbage time the crowd should be allowed to throw batteries at you.”
Pitchers who have given up legendary home runs have been immortalized by baseball fans, who largely cherish records and statistics more than fans in any other sport. The history of baseball is replete with such pitchers; here are some examples.
In 1927, the Washington Senators’ Tom Zachary gave up Babe Ruth’s famed 60th homer of the season, a record not to be broken until Maris came along 34 years later. Ironically, two years later, Zachary, as a member of the Yankees, boasted an unbelievable 12-0 record, the major league record for most pitching wins without a loss in one season.
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In 1932, Ruth immortalized another pitcher, this time the Chicago Cubs’ Charlie Root, when he famously “called his shot” after having two strikes on him in the fifth inning of Game 3 of the 1932 World Series. With the Cubs heckling him from the bench, Ruth pointed his bat toward the center field bleachers. If he weren’t already considered immortal by baseball fans, this cemented his incredible legacy.
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In 1951, in “The shot heard round the world,” Los Angeles Dodgers pitcher Ralph Branca was vicitimized by the New York Giants Bobby Thomson in the bottom of the ninth inning of the third game of their playoff series to determine which team would go to the World Series. The Giants had made an amazing run to catch the Dodgers, winning 37 of their last 44 games. What got lost in the aftermath of the game was that Thomson had already hit a home run against Branca in the first game of the series, which the Giants won 3-1. Branca started the first game; in the third he was brought in as a relief pitcher.
Just to illustrate how dramatic Thomson’s homer was, over forty years later a Marine who had been stationed in Korea in 1951 <a href="https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/sport-obituaries/7954858/Bobby-Thomson.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">sent him a letter</a> that stated:
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I was in a bunker in the front line with my buddy listening to the radio. It was contrary to orders, but he was a Giants fanatic. He never made it home and I promised him if I ever got back I&#8217;d write and tell you about the happiest moment of his life. It&#8217;s taken me this long to put my feelings into words. On behalf of my buddy, thanks, Bobby.
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Although Bill Mazeroski’s seventh game 9th inning home run won the 1960 World series over the Yankees in one of the most dramatic Series ever played, Ralph Terry, who won the seventh game two years later against the San Francisco Giants to clinch the World Series, has not been made quite as famous as some of the other pitchers for that moment.
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But the next year, Tracy Stallard of the Boston Red Sox gave up Maris’ 61st home run to break Ruth’s record, a much-remembered baseball memory.
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In 1974, Al Downing, who had a highly successful career earlier with the Yankees, was pitching for the Dodgers when he gave up the legendary 715th home run of Hank Aaron’s to break Ruth’s career home run record.
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And in 1988, ace reliever Dennis Eckersley of the Oakland Athletics famously tried to throw a backdoor slider to the Dodgers injured star Kirk Gibson, and the late Vin Scully’s call has itself deservedly become legendary.
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Pittsburgh Pirates v New York Yankees

‘Biggest Coward In Baseball’: Yankees Fans Rip Pitcher Who Avoided Judge’s 61st Home Run

Yankees Fans Rip Pitcher Who Avoided Judge’s 61st Home Run

New York Yankees star Aaron Judge, rewriting the baseball record book, tied the legendary Babe Ruth’s American League home run record which he set in 1927 before Yankees star Roger Maris eclipsed it in 1961, slugging his 60th home run of the season.
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No. 60 ties The Sultan of Swat for 2nd all-time in American League history!<a href="https://twitter.com/TheJudge44?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@TheJudge44</a> 👨‍⚖️ <a href="https://t.co/DNwFXsJFMC">pic.twitter.com/DNwFXsJFMC</a>
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Judge’s solo blast came in the ninth inning as his Yankees trailed the Pittsburgh Pirates 8-4; exhilarating Yankees fans, who became delirious minutes later when Giancarlo Stanton slammed a grand-slam walk off homer to win the game.
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Grand Slam Stan. <a href="https://t.co/GpdUztMQvM">pic.twitter.com/GpdUztMQvM</a>
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“I don&#8217;t think about the numbers,” Judge <a href="https://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/34633515/new-york-yankees-aaron-judge-hits-60th-home-run-one-shy-roger-maris-al-single-season-record">said</a> after the game “When you talk about Ruth and Maris and Mantle and all these Yankees greats that did so many great things in this game, you never imagine as a kid being mentioned with them. It&#8217;s an incredible honor. It&#8217;s something I don&#8217;t take lightly at all.”
“I&#8217;m trying to enjoy it all, soak it all in, but I know I still have a job to do out on the field every single day and I just have to keep my head down, keep preparing and stay mentally focused,” he added.
Judge’s blast came in the 147th game of the 162 game season. Ruth hit his 60 homers on the team largely regarded as the greatest of all time in the 154 game season. Maris hit 59 by the time his season had reached 154 games. He hit his 60th in the 15th game and his 61st in the 162rd game.
The Yankees actually played 163 games that year, but one ended in a tie and had to be made up later.
Baseball commissioner Ford Frick, who had <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/sports/1991/09/07/fricks-asterisk-demeaned-maris/8c1ca5be-d589-481e-8ebe-a0ec8c99d4b0/">served as Ruth’s ghost writer</a> in the 1920s,  announced in mid-season 1961, when Maris had 35 homers, &#8220;If the player does not hit more than 60 until after the club has played 154 games, there would have to be some distinctive mark in the record books to show that Babe Ruth&#8217;s record was set under a 154-game schedule and the total of more than 60 was compiled while a 162-game schedule was in effect.”
Thus when Maris needed eight more games to break Ruth’s record, sportswriters doomed Maris’ record to be adorned with an asterisk in the baseball record book.
Yet Maris had a grand total of seven more late appearances than Ruth, making their seasons almost identical. And Maris’ 59th and 60th homers were hit when he had had less plate appearances than Ruth, as SABR <a href="https://sabr.org/journal/article/maris-and-ruth-was-the-season-games-differential-the-primary-issue/">reported</a>.
On the other hand, Maris’ record came in the first year of expansion, when two teams were added in each league.
Maris’ record was broken later in the National League by Mark McGwire of the St. Louis Cardinals in 1998, who hit 70, (McGuire also hit 65 in 1999) and by the Chicago Cubs’ Sammy Sosa in 1998 and 1999 (66 and 63, respectively) before Barry Bond of the San Francisco Giants slugged 73 in 2001, the only season he surpassed 50.
But all three men have been accused of using performance-enhancing drugs, as opposed to Maris, who justifiably could still claim to be the record holder if viewed on the up and up. That would make the ascension of Judge, who is virtually certain to break Maris’ record if he stays healthy, effectively the all-time record holder.

Aaron Judge Hitting his 60th Home Run of the Season

Aaron Judge Ties The Babe With 60th Homer, On Verge Of Passing Roger Maris

Aaron Judge Ties The Babe With 60th Homer

A pristine Mickey Mantle baseball card from the <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/derek-jeter-enters-the-baseball-hall-of-fame" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Yankee Hall of Famer</a>’s rookie season fetched a whopping $12.6 million at auction, shattering the prior record for any piece of sports memorabilia.
The 1952 Topps card, graded a 9.5 for condition, is the &#8220;finest known example&#8221; of the slugger’s first-season card. Mantle, who hit 536 home runs over his 18-year career, has long been a favorite of collectors. The anonymous buyer purchased the card Saturday at a memorabilia sale by Heritage Auctions.
&#8220;This card is arguably the finest-condition example of the most iconic post-war card in the world,&#8221; Chris Ivy, Heritage&#8217;s director of sports auctions, said in a statement. &#8220;That grade, plus the fact it has documented provenance from the most storied find in hobby history, puts this card in a category of its own.&#8221;
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The previous record price paid for a baseball card was $7.25 million, set earlier this month by the sale of a T206 Honus Wagner card. The Wagner card, put out from 1909-1911 by the American Tobacco Company, is especially rare because the Pittsburgh Pirates great demanded it be pulled over his objection to smoking. Another Wagner T206 sold a year ago for $6.606 million.
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A 1952 Topps Mickey Mantle card graded at 9 sold for $5.2 million earlier this year.
The provenance of the record-setting Mantle card is the stuff of legends. Well-known collector Alan Rosen <a href="https://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/34473632/1952-topps-mickey-mantle-card-sells-126-million-shattering-record" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reportedly</a> got a call in 1986 from a Boston-area forklift operator who told him a pal, Ted Lodge, had inherited it from his late father and wanted to sell it. Lodge&#8217;s father had worked as a truck driver for Topps and had saved several boxed sets of the entire 1952 series.
Rosen hired a police officer and drove to Quincy, Massachusetts, with $125,000 in cash to pay for 5,500 1952 Topps cards, including dozens of Mantles. In 1991, Rosen sold one of the Mantle cards for $50,000 to a buyer who remained anonymous for 31 years.
That buyer, Anthony Giordano, rejected several private, multimillion-dollar offers until his sons persuaded him to have the card graded put under the hammer.
In the same auction, Heritage sold an autographed Hillerich &amp; Bradsby bat used by Babe Ruth sometime around 1920 for $1.68 million.

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SEE IT: Mickey Mantle Baseball Card With Mysterious History Shatters Records At Auction

Mickey Mantle Baseball Card With Mysterious History Shatters Records At Auction

A fan attending <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/youll-never-see-this-again-bizarre-spectacular-play-makes-baseball-history">New York’s</a> Subway Series made <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/mlb" target="_blank" rel="noopener">baseball</a> history with a hot dog hack you have to see to believe.
The unidentified fan, apparently unaware he was being videotaped, discreetly and methodically used a straw to drill a hole into a hot dog, then used the hot dog as a straw to drink his beer. The video went viral and left half of the internet disgusted and the other half in awe, with a possibly powerful correlation to gender.
“This man is ahead of his time,” tweeted Blain Crain, of The Daily Wire sports podcast Crain &amp; Company.
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Video of the man, who wore a plaid Yankees hat and is believed to have been attending Monday&#8217;s contest in the Bronx between the New York Mets and Yankees, went viral with nearly seven million views as of Tuesday morning.
Others marveled at the man’s ingenuity in combining two baseball delicacies into one glorious taste explosion.
“Let me be the public defender here,” tweeted a user called Shu. “Man took 2 delicious food objects normally eaten together. He can now slurp a joint flavor. He can nibble his straw down and continue to use it as a straw. He can keep using his right hand to write 5 star reviews of The Joker.”
Talkin&#8217; Jake approved of the McGyver-esque maneuver.
&#8220;Two things that are delicious, yet you judge without trying it — why is that?&#8221; he tweeted.
But not everyone approved of the Frank N&#8217; Stein act.
“Oh thank god my husband isn’t on twitter to see this [because] he would do something like this at the next game or family cookout,” tweeted NCarolinaKellie.
And Jomboy Media, who initially tweeted the clip and drew nearly 60,000 likes, said the stunt deserved punishment.
“Life sentence. No parole,” read the message that accompanied the clip.
The fan likely went home happy: The Yankees won, 4-2.

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WATCH: Hot Dog Hack Turns Beer-Swilling Baseball Fan Into Online Legend

Hot Dog Hack Turns Beer-Swilling Baseball Fan Into Online Legend

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