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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 in 2022 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> He won the American League Most Valuable Player award again in 2024 by hitting 58 home runs. |
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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 did the slugger Barry Bonds). While 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). While 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}}. '''''He put that verse on his bat for the 2025 All-Star Game'''''. |
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| | Judge's spectacular 2022 season led the [[New York Yankees]] to their first division title since 2019.<ref>https://www.si.com/fannation/mlb/fastball/news/on-this-day-61-years-ago-roger-maris-tied-babe-ruth-with-60-home-runs</ref> | | Judge's spectacular 2022 season led the [[New York Yankees]] to their first division title since 2019.<ref>https://www.si.com/fannation/mlb/fastball/news/on-this-day-61-years-ago-roger-maris-tied-babe-ruth-with-60-home-runs</ref> |