New York Yankees

This afternoon I took a trip up to the Bronx and the Yankee Stadium to see the infamous MLB table topping New York Yankees! As I milled around the stadium I noticed everyone was wearing Judge 99 shirts. I assumed he was an old legend but no he plays for the Yankees now and was in the squad for today! Turns out he's considered by many as the best player in the world and is a former MVP award winner and 6 time all star team member.

As Judge stepped up to the plate in the first innings he hit a home run comfortably into the stands (his 50th of the season) with the crowd roaring their approval, living up to all expectations. At one point, Judge was given a 'walk' to the first base, usually considered as a great play however the crowd started booing as they wanted to see him hit the ball!

The game was somewhat tight at 4-3 to the Yankees, that was until the 7th innings when MLB all star team member of the past 4 years Juan Soto stepped up. On the first ball he faced he hit a home run to the delight of the crowd. Next up to the plate was Judge, and on his very first ball he also hit a home run into the very same spot as Soto! As if it couldn't get any better, the next batsman up hit the 3rd ball he faced for another home run! It was absolute delirium as the Yankees extended into a 4 run lead within a few minutes. It's supremely rare for 3 consecutive players to hit direct home runs (on average there's 1.3 direct home run hits in an entire game!!!) so it made for quite the spectacle.

In the 8th innings the Yankees had 2 players on base when another direct home run was hit, extending their lead to 10-3 with an innings to go. They didn't even get around to batting again as their victory was secure when the Colorado Rapids didn't score in the 9th innings.

A thoroughly enjoyable afternoon at the ball game!Read more