TAMPA — Sunday will be infamous if Judge Aaron scores one home run this season from beating his own AL record.
The Yankees star appeared to have crushed his eighth home run in Sunday’s eighth season.
The crew chief review provided the opportunity to make the call right, but the New York Replay Center ultimately decided that the phone was standing on the field, taking the judge for solo shots.
“The boldness of the call standings is amazing,” said Aaron Boone, who kicked out one pitch when the judge was called out on a strike.
After the game, before meeting with reporters, Boone left the clubhouse and entered the video room with coaching assistant Brett Weber, who leads the Yankees replay system.
Boone wanted to watch the play again, but it only confirmed his initial feelings.
“It’s a home run,” Boone said. “I think it’s high and towering. But it goes to a replay and I don’t think they could find anything definitive enough. [evidence]. We have to live on the phone. ”
The judge told a story and smile when asked about Cole after a 4-0 victory over the Rays.
“It was a fair ball,” the judge said. “So we got a replay. It’s not a referee. It’s difficult in a minor league park in a situation like this where the foul pole isn’t that high. So you have a replay, they have every angle.
Except in this case, the replay didn’t save the day for a judge who had eight home runs in the first 22 games of the season (putting him at 59 pace in 59 games with a slightly shy record of 62).
“I think everyone was scratching their heads,” the judge said. “But I can’t do anything. They missed it. They had to move on.”
Cody Bellinger was on the deck when the judge wiped out Eric Orze’s pitch.
“I didn’t have a good view of it, but it was probably the farthest ball I’ve ever seen,” Bellinger said.
The judge had to settle for 1-4 that day, extending his bases winning streak to 18 games. He’s hitting .390 with 1.202 OPS.
Orze’s third strike called on the 3-2 pitch may have actually been a strike, but Boone barked at Beck in two innings after calling two inner pitch strikes at Jackson Dominguez.
Then, combined with a questionable call from Barry, Boone jumped out for the first discharge of the year.
“The third baseman, 3 base coach, when our replays knew, the judge knew – he started on him [home run trot] …” Boone said. But I thought Adam overall went back there and did a good job. The couple didn’t go our path, that’s part of it. ”
