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I am not shy about my Yankee hate but this dude is having an all-time great season. Yankees might have to pay him $500M if they want the privilege of continuing to have his services. Regardless of how I feel about the Yankees I really enjoy these moments because this very well might not be done again in my lifetime. It has been 61 years, nearly to the day, since Maris hit #61. Baseball has a way of aligning the stars like no other sport. Gotta love it.





 
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On September 21 in Baseball History...​
  • 1922 - The Americna League reinstates the Most Valuable Player award, last given in 1914, appointing a committee of one writer from each city. The trophy goes to George Sisler. The National League will pick up the idea two years later.

  • 1923 - Babe Ruth is the unanimous choice of the American League committee of baseball writers for the Most Valuable Player Award.

  • 1934 - Dizzy Dean of the St. Louis Cardinals pitched a no-hitter against the Brooklyn Dodgers for 3-0 victory in the second game of an Ebbets Field doubleheader.

  • 1939 - The National League announces that for the first time in the 20th century, games will be transferred from one city to another. A doubleheader in Philadelphia will be moved to Brooklyn in an effort to top one million paid attendance.

  • 1944 - After a 5-15 stretch that ate away a chunk of their 20-game lead, the Cardinals finally clinch the National League flag with a 5-4 win over Boston. They will finish with 105 victories and their third title under Billy Southworth, whose clubs won 316 games in three years.

  • 1952 - The Braves play their last game in Boston's Braves Field before moving to Milwaukee, losing to Brooklyn's Joe Black 8-2. The crowd of 8,822 is the second largest of the season at the ballpark.

  • 1957 - Gail Harris is the last player to hit a home run as a New York Giant in a 9-5 win over the Pirates in the second game of a doubleheader. Ruben Gomez gains the last victory for the New York Giants.

  • 1959 - Warren Spahn notches his 20th win and his 266th National League victory to tie Eppa Rixey of the Phils and Reds for the career high in wins by a left-hander. The Braves and the Dodgers are now tied for the lead in the three-team pennant race.

  • 1964 - Manager Gene Mauch's first-place Phillies lost 1-0 to the Cincinnati Reds on Chico Ruiz's steal of home in the sixth inning. It was Philadelphia's first of ten straight losses, a streak that cost the National League pennant.

  • 1970 - Oakland's Vida Blue pitched a no-hitter in his eighth Major League start, beating Minnesota 6-0.

  • 1981 - Steve Carlton struck out Andre Dawson in the third inning for the left-hander's 3,118th career strikeout, the most in the National League. But the Philadelphia Phillies lost to Montreal, 1-0 in 17 innings.

  • 1982 - Playing against the Royals at Anaheim Stadium, outfielders Fred Lynn and Brian Downing crash through the left field fence while trying to catch a fly ball. Lynn makes the catch and it is ruled an out, the umpires reasoning that it is the same as if he had tumbled into the seats.

  • 1986 - No. 1 draft pick Jimmy Jones pitched a one-hitter in his Major League debut, leading the San Diego Padres to a 5-0 victory over the Houston Astros.

  • 1987 - Darryl Strawberry joins Howard Johnson as the first teammates ever to achieve 30 homers and 30 steals in the same season.

  • 1995 - Colorado's John Vander Wal set a Major League record with his 26th pinch-hit of the season, a home run in the seventh inning against San Francisco.

  • 1997 - Mike Piazza becomes the first Dodger, and the first player in 25 years, to hit a ball out of Dodger Stadium. Piazza's 478-foot drive off Colorado's Frank Castillo bounces off the left field pavilion roof. Pittsburgh's Willie Stargell was the only other player to hit a ball out of the stadium (in right field), accomplishing the feat in both 1969 and 1973.
 
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VolPack22 said:
I am not shy about my Yankee hate but this dude is having an all-time great season. Yankees might have to pay him $500M if they want the privilege of continuing to have his services. Regardless of how I feel about the Yankees I really enjoy these moments because this very well might not be done again in my lifetime. It has been 61 years, nearly to the day, since Maris hit #61. Baseball has a way of aligning the stars like no other sport. Gotta love it.





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The pitcher who gave up the 60th homer to Judge is Wil Crowe, who graduated from Pigeon Forge High School. He then played college ball for South Carolina.
 
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@1RBFjr said:
The pitcher who gave up the 60th homer to Judge is Wil Crowe, who graduated from Pigeon Forge High School. He then played college ball for South Carolina.
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At least he can say he got to pitch in Yankee Stadium. Unfortunately (or fortunately 🤷‍♂️) for him, he was a part of history.
 
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As it stands right now, Aaron Judge (AL) leads Kyle Schwarber (NL) by 20 HR. That would be the largest margin between league leaders since 2001 whenever Barry Bonds (NL) had 73 and Alex Rodriguez (AL) had 52.

If Judge can manage to finish +22 HR, I believe that would be the largest margin in a season since 1938 whenever Hank Greenberg (AL) had 58 while Mel Ott (NL) had 36.

If he can take it one step further and finish +23 HR, that would be the largest margin in a season since 1928 whenever Babe Ruth (AL) had 54 and Jim Bottomley/Hack Wilson (NL) had 31.
 
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