I get that is is the most for an NL team, but 62 only gets him to 7th all time for the MLB as a whole. Sure, the 73 by Bonds is suspect, but this is 11 less.
Is it because this is the first time someone has eclipsed 60 HRs since 2001? Is it because he’s part of the Yankees? Is it because he is probably not on “the juice?” The wall to wall coverage is just ridiculous on ESPN. Is it just because ESPN has nothing else to report on and they need to invent “history making” like this to get attention for their floundering network?
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It’s pretty cool because Judge does have the AL and team record for HRs in a season and he is a great player. Some people make a case that the juiced records of Bonds and McGwire are tainted, which is not unreasonable.
As far as ESPN goes, they do overhype things that happen in big markets like NYC. People on the CFB subs were complaining how ESPN was interrupting CFB games to show Judge at bats. I was watching the Ole Miss/Kentucky game and they did a split screen for Judge’s entire at bat. Just show the highlight after it happens. The Venn Diagram for people watching SEC football and people who care about this record don’t intersect that much.
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