Aaron Judge
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.[1]
Judge's record is particularly remarkable due to how he is a right-handed batter. The other top American League sluggers -- Babe Ruthy 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.[2]
His Twitter motto is "Christian. Faith, Family, then Baseball."[3] His favorite Bible verse is his Twitter banner: "For we walk by faith, not by sight,"[4] 2Corinthians 5:7 .
Judge was adopted at birth.
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- ↑ 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.
- ↑ https://sportsspectrum.com/sport/baseball/2022/10/05/aaron-judge-home-run-record-thank-god/
- ↑ https://twitter.com/TheJudge44
- ↑ https://aleteia.org/2022/09/27/aaron-judge-reaches-record-breaking-season-with-bible-verse-in-hand/