{"id":44707,"date":"2025-07-13T02:09:00","date_gmt":"2025-07-13T07:09:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ustower.net\/?p=44707"},"modified":"2025-07-13T05:02:11","modified_gmt":"2025-07-13T10:02:11","slug":"aaron-judge-becomes-fastest-to-350-homers-bettering-mark-mcgwire","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ustower.net\/?p=44707","title":{"rendered":"Aaron Judge becomes fastest to 350 homers, bettering Mark McGwire"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">NEW YORK &#8212;&nbsp;Aaron Judge didn&#8217;t just become the fastest player to hit 350 home runs, he did it in 192 fewer games than Mark McGwire.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">\u201cI just think he\u2019s playing in a different league,\u201d Yankees manager Aaron Boone said after Judge&#8217;s ninth-inning drive in Saturday&#8217;s&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/yankees-cubs-score-826c0f4ea5e4c2e1b3fb2f120c47c62c\">5-2 loss to the Chicago Cubs<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">Judge homered to right-center on a high 0-2 fastball from Brad Keller, a two-run shot a couple of rows into the right-center field seats.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">He reached 350 in his 1,088th game. McGwire hit No. 350 in his 1,280th game, against Detroit&#8217;s Brian Moehler on June 2, 1997, bettering Harmon Killebrew in his 1,319th game.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">\u201cBig Mac did a lot of great things in this game, and he\u2019s definitely a legend,\u201d Judge said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">Judge, who turned 33 in April, debuted with the Yankees at age 24 in 2016. The two-time AL MVP also doubled twice and is hitting a major league-leading .358 with 35 homers and 81 RBIs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">\u201cWould have been great if we got a win today,\u201d Judge said. \u201cI\u2019ve been surrounded by a lot of great teammates, been on some good teams, so they really put me in the best position to go out there and perform at my best.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">McGwire finished in 2001 at age 38 with 583 homers, currently 11th on the career list. He admitted in 2010 he used performance-enhancing drugs and has been denied entry to baseball&#8217;s Hall of Fame.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">The Yankees captain has spoken with McGwire.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">\u201cI think it started with when I broke my first rib,\u201d Judge said. \u201cI think his son was kind of going through the same thing, so he was first asking me how did I heal? What do we do? So I kind of gave him some tips on that. And then we just kind of chit-chatted a little bit and kept in contact.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\"><a href=\"https:\/\/abcnews.go.com\/Sports\/wireStory\/aaron-judge-fastest-350-homers-1088-games-bettering-123709490\">abcnews<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NEW YORK &#8212;&nbsp;Aaron Judge didn&#8217;t just become the fastest player to hit 350 home runs, he did it in 192 fewer games than Mark McGwire. \u201cI just think he\u2019s playing in a different league,\u201d Yankees manager Aaron Boone said after Judge&#8217;s ninth-inning drive in Saturday&#8217;s&nbsp;5-2 loss to the Chicago Cubs. 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