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| | '''Aaron Judge''' is the outspokenly [[Christian]] outfielder for the ''[[New York Yankees]]'' who set the [[American League]] single-season home run record of 62 in a 162-game season, breaking the prior record set by [[Roger Maris]] that had stood for 61 years.<ref>Although three players have hit more than 61 home runs in a season, all three -- Mark McGwire, Sammy Sosa, and Barry Bonds -- were [[National League]] players, and are universally considered to have done so by using anabolic steroids, which although not illegal at the time provided an athletic advantage; baseball purists thus consider Maris to have previously held the legitimate Major League single-season home run record, and would now consider Judge the legitimate record holder.</ref> | | '''Aaron Judge''' is the outspokenly [[Christian]] outfielder for the ''[[New York Yankees]]'' who set the [[American League]] single-season home run record of 62 in a 162-game season, breaking the prior record set by [[Roger Maris]] that had stood for 61 years.<ref>Although three players have hit more than 61 home runs in a season, all three -- Mark McGwire, Sammy Sosa, and Barry Bonds -- were [[National League]] players, and are universally considered to have done so by using anabolic steroids, which although not illegal at the time provided an athletic advantage; baseball purists thus consider Maris to have previously held the legitimate Major League single-season home run record, and would now consider Judge the legitimate record holder.</ref> |
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| − | Judge's record is particularly remarkable due to how he is a right-handed batter. The other top [[American League]] sluggers -- [[Babe Ruth]] and [[Roger Maris]] -- batted left-handed. As Judge trotted from third base to home plate on his record-setting home run, he pointed to the sky in honor of the [[Lord]], as he typically does after a home run.<ref>https://sportsspectrum.com/sport/baseball/2022/10/05/aaron-judge-home-run-record-thank-god/</ref> | + | Judge's record is particularly remarkable due to how he is a right-handed batter. The other top [[American League]] sluggers -- [[Babe Ruth]] and [[Roger Maris]] -- batted left-handed (as did the slugger Barry Bonds). As Judge trotted from third base to home plate on his record-setting home run, he pointed to the sky in honor of the [[Lord]], as he typically does after a home run.<ref>https://sportsspectrum.com/sport/baseball/2022/10/05/aaron-judge-home-run-record-thank-god/</ref> |
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| | His Twitter motto is "[[Christian]]. [[Faith]], Family, then [[Baseball]]."<ref>https://twitter.com/TheJudge44</ref> His favorite [[Bible]] verse is his [[Twitter]] banner: "For we walk by [[faith]], not by sight,"<ref>https://aleteia.org/2022/09/27/aaron-judge-reaches-record-breaking-season-with-bible-verse-in-hand/</ref> {{bibleref|2Corinthians|5|7}}. | | His Twitter motto is "[[Christian]]. [[Faith]], Family, then [[Baseball]]."<ref>https://twitter.com/TheJudge44</ref> His favorite [[Bible]] verse is his [[Twitter]] banner: "For we walk by [[faith]], not by sight,"<ref>https://aleteia.org/2022/09/27/aaron-judge-reaches-record-breaking-season-with-bible-verse-in-hand/</ref> {{bibleref|2Corinthians|5|7}}. |
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| | Judge was adopted at birth in a "closed adoption," such that his biological parents are never disclosed. | | Judge was adopted at birth in a "closed adoption," such that his biological parents are never disclosed. |
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| − | == Hostility by fans == | + | == Hostility by Rude New York City Fans == |
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| | As the Yankees were swept by the Houston Astros in the American League Championship Series, [[New York City]] fans began to boo Aaron Judge and other star players in the final two games in Yankee Stadium, which dismayed many of the players.<ref>https://www.msn.com/en-us/sports/mlb/multiple-yankees-reportedly-taken-aback-by-brutal-experience-in-bronx-during-alcs-surprised-by-boos/ar-AA13oWKK?cvid=6523a183729049f1aad5f0ebd0c6edad</ref> | | As the Yankees were swept by the Houston Astros in the American League Championship Series, [[New York City]] fans began to boo Aaron Judge and other star players in the final two games in Yankee Stadium, which dismayed many of the players.<ref>https://www.msn.com/en-us/sports/mlb/multiple-yankees-reportedly-taken-aback-by-brutal-experience-in-bronx-during-alcs-surprised-by-boos/ar-AA13oWKK?cvid=6523a183729049f1aad5f0ebd0c6edad</ref> |