Aaron Judge is back to making history for the New York Yankees.
Demolishing his second home run in as many days against the Baltimore Orioles at Camden Yards — essentially Judge's second home — The Captain made some significant history.
Basting Grayson Rodriguez's hanging changeup 431 feet to dead centerfield gave Judge 34 home runs on the season just ahead of Tuesday's All-Star Game.
That broke the previous franchise record that Roger Maris held in 1961 when he hit 33 home runs before the All-Star Break.
THIRTY-FOUR home runs for Aaron Judge!
— MLB (@MLB) July 13, 2024
The @Yankees are MASHING in Baltimore. pic.twitter.com/hLIxfOGN3c
Judge also has 291 career home runs, which is 12 more than any other player in his first 1,000 career games — and despite the fact that he still has 70 career games to go before reaching 1,000.
Aaron Judge now has 291 career HR, 12 more than in any other player in his 1st 1,000 career games
— Sarah Langs (@SlangsOnSports) July 13, 2024
[this is his 930th game] https://t.co/3Iwc9XpaRm
The Yankees will hope to come out of the All-Star break on a hot streak, and Judge will be chasing even more history.