The New York Yankees slugger hit his 60th home run. With two more, Aaron Judge could set a new record for 'clean' players
to using performance-enhancing drugs, though he said a trainer led him to believe he was taking flaxseed oil and arthritis cream. In 2009, the New Yorkthat Sosa was one of 104 players who tested positive for performance-enhancing drugs in 2003. To date Bonds, McGwire and Sosa have been denied entry into Baseball’s Hall of Fame despite their feats on the field.
So any reasonable sports fan should be able to watch Judge over these the following days, and know, in good conscience, that we are indeed witnessing a first. Judge is almost certainly the first “clean” baseball player since Maris in 1961 to hit 60 homers. While there’s no real way to prove, as an absolute certainty, that a player is 100% clean—plenty of athletes have escaped PED detection in the past—it’s beyond cynical to presume Judge is doing anything untoward.
And like any great performer, he delivered; three innings later he smashed his 60th home run 430 feet. In his postgame press conference, Judge said that as he rounded the bases, he kicked himself for not hitting this home run with the bases loaded. “Man, you idiot,” he recalls thinking. He took a reluctant curtain call: after all, Judge’s team was still down 8-5. But more magic was still coming. Judge’s home run sparked an incredible New York rally. Anthony Rizzo doubled.
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