Hours after Aaron Judge crushed his historic 62nd home run of the season on Tuesday night, the Yankees outfielder had a chance to reflect on becoming the American League’s new single-season home run king.
In exceeding Roger Maris’s single-season mark of 61 homers, a lucky fan by the name of Cory Youmans was determined to snag the ball from Judge’s celebrated home run, leaping from his seat to secure a piece of sports history that is estimated worth $2 million, per Darren Rovell of the Action Network.
While Youmans has not thought about what he will do with the slugger’s home run ball, the Yankees star told reporters it would be good if it was returned to him. However, at the same token, Judge acknowledged that his historic homer was essentially one in a lifetime for MLB fans.
