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New York Yankees superstar Aaron Judge has hit his 61st home run in one season, more than any Major League Baseball player in two decades and good enough to tie an American League record set more than six decades ago.
The record-matching hit came from a full-count pitch in the seventh inning of Wednesday’s game against the Toronto Blue Jays, soaring over the left-field fence.
Judge’s home run ties the enduring AL record, which was set by Yankee Roger Maris back in 1961. The milestone persisted even through baseball’s «steroid era» of the late 1990’s and early 2000’s, when performance-enhancing drugs were common and other home run records fell left and right.
