The Cleveland Guardians shocked the baseball world this year, making an incredible run to the post season as the youngest team in baseball. Join us today for a special episode of The Supreme Cleveland Sports Show, where we will recap the inaugural season as the Guardians and analyze Cleveland’s path to the World Series! Oh and Aaron Judge did a thing so we’ll talk about that too.
All eyes have been on Aaron Judge as everyone waited for the Yankees slugger to hit his 62nd home run of the season. It finally came Tuesday night as Judge finally eclipsed the number set by Roger Maris all the way back in 1961. While now has the American League record to himself it is important to remember one thing, the Major League record still belongs to Barry Bonds.
It seems many baseball personalties, analysts, reporters, and fans have decided to discount the achievements of Barry Bonds. Yes, it is incredibly likely that Bonds had some external enhancements that may have aided his on field production. That being said, any type of help that Bonds may have received would not help in the ability to put bat to ball and hand-eye coordination. These are two things that someone has or does not have and Bonds had it. Even before the widely accepted era of enhanced play, Bonds was well on his way to Cooperstown. It can even be argued that Bonds had two Hall of Fame careers, pre and post enhancement.
All things considered this is not to take away what Judge has accomplished this season, setting the new home run mark for the American League and the historical franchise that is the Yankees is incredibly impressive. It is just important to remember where Judge’s 62 sits all time (seventh) and the single season home run totals from the National League which surpass his 2022 total. It is Barry Bonds who stands atop this list and he will remain there until someone hits 74.
This is impressive for Aaron Judge and at the same time depressing fo r the Cleveland Baseball Club. Judge has the same amount of home runs as the entire Cleveland Baseball Club combined (6). The prolific Yankees slugger hit his 5th and 6th home run in the Yankees Sunday night win over the Red Sox. This was the fifth straight game that Judge has homered in and is the first Yankee to do so since Alex Rodriguez in 2007.
Want to feel just a bit worse about Cleveland’s struggles? Aaron Judge has played just 8 games while the entire Cleveland team has played 10. Judge even has twice as many RBI as Cleveland’s leader Francisco LIndor (7).
Cleveland is fresh off a disappointing series against the Twins which saw them be outhit 25-16. The team will need to turn things around quickly in order to contend this season. Meanwhile, Aaron Judge seems primed to carry the New York Yankees offense to an American League East title.
This Is Believeland Podcast: Auston Matricardi comes on to discuss the New York Yankees. Topics include: Giancarlo Stanton trade three years later, Aaron Judge’s health, and just what they are going to do with Miguel Andujar.
