Aaron Judge comes through with homer No. 62 on an unforgettable night in Texas | Opinion

He became the Yankees’ all-time single-season home run king at 7:08 p.m.

Central time, and now was on the Globe Life Field, trying to explain to everyone what it meant to set the all-time American League record with 62 homers in a season, more than any Yankees player who ever lived. .

Judge walked down the corridor after the game, holding the hand of his newlywed wife, Samantha, with his dad and mom, proudly wearing a Judge jersey, trailing him, and spent 12 minutes answering questions about the significance of the night. .

He did his last interview when he looked to his left, and standing on the field holding his game tickets, pleading for an autograph and an autographed jersey, was Dallas Cowboys linebacker Micah Parsons, the 2021 NFL defensive rookie of the year.

Yankee starter Gerrit Cole, who set the Yankee strikeout record earlier in the game, walked onto the field, and then there were more pictures with the three of them, and more autographs. 

The history books will show that Bonds is the home-run king with 73, which Judge also views as the all-time record, but he’ll forever be remembered as the man who broke an American League record that stood for 61 years, going where no Yankee great went before him.