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Every 50-Home Run Season in MLB History

Hitting the mark is an accomplishment that's been attained by a mere 32 players.

Sports Illustrated

Joe Buck on Cowboys Getting So Many Prime-Time Games: ‘They’re Always Relevant’

Even if they aren’t good on the field, the Cowboys remain a ratings draw.

Sports Illustrated

Will anyone hit 74 homers? Even Aaron Judge thinks MLB season record is 'a little untouchable'

What used to be one of baseball’s most magical numbers — 61 home runs — now sits buried, eight lines deep, in the Major League Baseball record book

The Independent UK

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Aaron Judge Sets Yankees Franchise Record With 34th Home Run Before All-Star Break

The right fielder made New York franchise history with his latest round-tripper.

Sports Illustrated

Jaguars’ Ross Matiscik wants to lead NFL long snappers in tackles

Jaguars special teamers want to see Ross Matiscik win the long snapper tackles title this season.

USA Today Sports Media Group

SI:AM | Duke’s Historic Upset Caps a Wild College Football Weekend

The Blue Devils’ win over Clemson was a fitting end Week 1.

Sports Illustrated

Sammy Sosa, Mark McGwire, and the home run chase of 1998

Steroids or not, the home run chase of 25 years ago was an exciting season. ‘Gould’s Law’ shows it was also a statistical aberration.

Chicago Sun-Times

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Aaron Judge is AP male athlete of year after setting HR mark

New York Yankees slugger Aaron Judge has been voted The Associated Press Male Athlete of the Year

The Independent UK

Aaron Judge’s 62nd home run ball sells for $1.5 million

The highest price paid at auction for a baseball is $3 million. It was for one hit by Mark McGwire on Sept. 27, 1998, to reach 70 for the season.

Chicago Sun-Times

Ben Frederickson: More bad news for Bonds and Clemens is even worse for Cardinals Hall of Famer McGwire

SAN DIEGO — A Hall of Fame cycle that seems poised to bring good news for one former Cardinal and Cooperstown hopeful in Scott Rolen has presented some bad news for another, if you read between the glaring lines.

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Aaron Judge record-breaking home run ball headed to auction this month after fan declines $3M offer: report

NEW YORK — Aaron Judge isn’t the only one who is going to get paid this winter.

Tribune News Service

Shakeia Taylor: Barry Bonds is the real home run record holder — and nothing can change that until someone breaks it

CHICAGO — In 2001, 37-year-old Barry Bonds hit 73 home runs, beating Mark McGwire’s single-season record of 70 set three years earlier. You probably remember it happened, whether you watched it or not.

Chicago Tribune

What makes Aaron Judge special? MLB’s top sluggers weigh in as Yankee great chases history.

NEW YORK — Jim Thome’s 14-year-old son, Landon, has come down to breakfast at the Thome household most mornings this baseball season with a question for his old man, the fearsome Hall of Fame slugger who smacked 612 home runs during his playing career:

Tribune News Service

Auction house offers $2 million for Aaron Judge’s 62nd home run ball

The record price for a home run ball is $3 million, paid for Mark McGwire’s record 70th from the 1998 season.

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No hint that Aaron Judge is dirty, but shouldn’t the steroid era have made us more skeptical?

Yankees star sets American League record with 62nd home run.

Sports Illustrated

Dennis Eckersley Puts Bow on 20-Year Run in the Red Sox Booth

What’s next for Eck? The future remains unclear, but his presence will be sorely missed.

Sports Illustrated

SI:AM | Aaron Judge Finally Did It

He was running out of games to pass Roger Maris but came through with No. 62 in Game 161.

Sports Illustrated

Aaron Judge: The Authentic Home Run King

He does not hold MLB’s official single-season home run record. But his authenticity, from his frame to his dedication to his sheepish smile, sets him apart.

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Sports Illustrated

Baseball World Debates True Home Run King After Judge Hits No. 62

Some observers consider Aaron Judge the clean home run king because Barry Bonds, Mark McGwire and Sammy Sosa are associated with performance-enhancing drugs.

Axios

Yankees' Aaron Judge sets new American League home run record

The outfielder's 62nd home run of the season broke Roger Maris' record set in 1961.

WEKU

Aaron Judge hits home run #62 and makes baseball history

The New York Yankees' star outfielder has broken the 61-year-old record set by fellow Yankee Roger Maris back in 1961.

The Independent UK

Yankees star Judge hits 62nd homer to break Maris' AL record

Aaron Judge has hit his 62nd home run of the season to break Roger Maris’ American League record

Sports Illustrated

Aaron Judge Sets AL Record With 62nd Home Run

Judge moves past Roger Maris to stand alone atop the American League’s single-season list.

Chicago Sun-Times

Coverage of Aaron Judge’s home-run chase puts Len Kasper’s move to radio in focus

For those who still don’t accept Kasper’s rationale for leaving Cubs TV for White Sox radio nearly two years ago, consider what happened in baseball broadcasting last week.

Sports Illustrated

SI:AM | One Step Closer to 62

What are we supposed to make of Aaron Judge’s historic season?

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