Aaron Judge on being called up to the major leagues
Less than 24 hours after Alex Rodriguez ended his MLB career (assuming the Miami Marlins dont have other plans) the new era of New York Yankees baseball began. Tyler Austin was penciled in as the starting first baseman for the Yankees with fellow first-gamer Aaron Judge hitting right behind him as the right fielder. The goosebumps werent there for these two as they hit back-to-back home runs to begin their big league careers.
Its the first time this has happened in history too.
On a 2-2 pitch, Austin smacked a home run off of Tampa Bay Rays starter Matt Andriese into right field. Just as he was beginning to settle in, Judge hit one to center on a 1-2 pitch.
Two young players the Yankees plan to have around for a while, they couldnt have done anything more magnificent than this.
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Its hard enough to have guys go back-to-back. Add to it their first major league at-bats and their spots in the order coming consecutively; if you knew this was going to happen then buy a lottery ticket now. Then when you win give me a chunk of it for the suggestion.
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