Aaron Judge is not chasing history.
If history arrives, though, he will accept it.
Sunday night’s storm-shortened, six-inning, 2-0 Yankees win over the Red Sox in The Bronx was Judge’s fifth straight without a long ball since he slammed No. 60 on Tuesday. He has sat on the doorstep of baseball immortality — one swing away from tying Roger Maris’ team and league record — and has swung at 35 pitches in the five games. None have left the yard.
He and the weather left the home fans disappointed last night, when the Yankees completed a four-game sweep of Boston, but another sellout crowd missed out on history. The Yankees now head to Toronto, and their best player probably will face questions concerning whether he is pressing. Five games, 21 homer-less plate appearances in which an entire stadium stands on its feet and falls silent for each pitch. Is Judge wilting under the pressure?
