Aaron Judge Once Surprised Fans With the Ultimate New Yorker Move Long Before His MVP-Worthy Exploits

Aaron Judge made his MLB debut, through the Pinstripes in 2016. Since then, he’s come a long way with the Yankees. Moreover, today, he stands as the face of the modern-day New York Yankees.

However, even though Judge made his MLB debut in 2016, his career took off after he led the homer race in 2017, won Rookie of the Year, and started making All-Star appearances. One year before that, Judge, who’s from the Bay, did a typical New Yorker activity and traveled the subway to reach work with the then-teammate, Tyler Austin.

Judge and Austin ride the subway to work

Back in 2016, then-rookies, Aaron Judge, and Tyler Austin, rode the NYC subway to their workplace, Yankee Stadium, with the YES Network reporter, Meredith Marakovits. On being asked about their place of work, the two excited rookies spoke about the unreality of actually working in Yankee Stadium. They said, “We talk about it every day, we go in there like we’re in Yankee Stadium right now.”

All through their journey, the outfielder and baseman interacted with their fans. On being asked about their fans, Aaron Judge said, “Just to see the support and the excitement they had just to see is, it’s pretty awesome. Yeah, we got the best fans in the world. Fun to actually meet them in person.”

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Finally, Meredith asks the two Yankees, about the first thing they usually do on entering the stadium. They said, “We got to go in there to eat. I think that’s a big thing going there. Grab some lunch and keep going from there.”

After outperforming expectations in 2017, the Yankee outfielder, has surpassed his previous best record and smashed 61 home runs in 2022 already. Moreover, throughout 2022, he has carried the Yankee roster on his back. And now, he’s leading the MVP race.

When will Aaron Judge hit his historic 62nd homer?

After hitting two homers against the Pittsburgh Pirates, it took Aaron Judge seven matches to smash his 61st home run and level with Roger Maris’ 61 from 1961. Finally, Judge smashed his 61st home run against the Blue Jays. However, he is yet to cross the magic number 61, and with him being walked in every game; it has started to seem unlikely. Strikingly, Aaron Judge has been intentionally walked over 18 times this season and the number will only increase with every passing game.

However, since the Yanks have already secured their postseason berth, the frequency of intentional walks will subside as the postseason arrives. That leaves Aaron Judge with a massive advantage.

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All in all, will Judge conquer Maris’ 61? And update his name into the most home runs in a single season in the American League? Will his success drive the Pinstripes to a World Series?