Just to reiterate.....ZERO

my opinion that no one asked for:

There is no such thing as an AL or NL record. When Maris hit 61, was it in the records book AL record? No, it was MLB record.

Judge did nothing more than hit 62 home runs in the 2022 season.

One can say they don’t care about it or it shouldn’t matter, but to say there is no such thing is false. They’ve been recognized for many decades.

Hack Wilson was listed for many years in many published resources as the NL holder. League records have been around since before 1961.

What if I don't care AND it shouldn't matter?

Oh dear, this is serious. If we don’t care about pedantries of comparisons and baseball history, what else are we going to do?!

Good point.

Remind me - Who's the current record holder for strikeouts against righties during innings 3-7 on Friday night games in stadiums east of the Mississippi?

Come on man, are you even trying? Of course it’s Aloysius Jebbediah Mohammad Higgenbothom of the Carolina Cropdusters in the Mid South Association of Eastern Base Ball Clubs.

And that's why records exist - to be broken by guys named Aloysius.

It’s going to be heartbreaking to fans everywhere when we discover that Aloysius was using performance enhancing drugs with a concoction of lamb entrails, rat poison, and methamphetamine when breaking the record.

''Tis rumored that Aloysius was a voracious consumer of original recipe "Coca-Cola.

It was said the guy who caught the ball turned down 3M for it. It's going to a Goldin auction in the future. Personally, I probably would have taken the money!! A bird in hand and all..
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Judge said he won’t bid on it because it is out of his price range.

It’s going to list with a $1,000,000 opening bid. Seems like a ridiculous price. I would’ve taken the $3 in a heartbeat… and bought a Wagner. Or a house.

As people say - records are made to be broken. What's statistically interesting is that a Yankee has held the AL record for HRs in a season for almost 100 years. No, I'm not a Yankee fan, in fact most of the time I'll be rooting for the other team when the Yankees (and Dodgers) are playing.

If someone was going to do it for the Yankees, I'm happy it was Judge in his walk year. It's going to be really interesting to see how the negotiations go. I'm happy it wasn't A-rod as a Yankee that passed Maris. That would have just sucked for Yankee purists. Kind of like when Maris that passed Ruth and not Mantle, but in this case, Maris was a class act, like Judge.

Heck, the person to pass Judge could be Judge himself or maybe that player hasn't been born yet.

Records are made to be broken and when they're like this record, it's fun to watch it play out.

Zero chance that ball sells for $3M, in my opinion. I'll be shocked if it eclipses $2.1, but hype has a way of infecting people, so who knows.

Greed! If he gets more than $3M, then good call. If not, then bad call. However, $3M is guaranteed right now and is a tremendous amount of money for the ball. So I'm a guy at a game, who catches Judge's #62 HR AL record ball, and I'm offered $3M for it. No brainer in my book!

Agreed! 3 million…cash…in a duffel bag…and its yours!!!

My take:
Fun watching Judge this year. Glad he had a great year BUT I've never been a fan of guys that step up with their best stat year only when they are in their free agent year with big payday on the door step. My favorite players are the ones that produce each and every year barring injury. I know he passed on a chance to sign before and took the chance but if he is still producing in the 2nd and 3rd year of his new contact in the same type manor. Then I'll eat my pessimistic words. Just seen to many guys get the big pay and never play the same again.

Could not agree more.

That said, I hope he stays with the Yankees anyhow.

It’s happening!!!!!

https://www.mlb.com/news/aaron-judge...ng-with-giants

Nah.......just got to go thru the motions.

The asterisk was a fictional construct. It never actually appeared in any official capacity.

https://www.villagevoice.com/2011/06...-the-asterisk/

Looks like the bidding war is getting started!

https://www.cbssports.com/mlb/news/y...on-per-report/

I think what Aaron judge did is pretty special, he's only the third hitter to ever hit 60 home runs in a season without cheating to do it. Sounds like a pretty spectacular accomplishment to me.

God damn you are smart kid.

1,500,000 w BP Final sale price.

1.5 mil is WITH the BP, final bid was 1.25 mil

https://goldin.co/item/october-4-202...eball-mlbxh2a0

I am not a big modern baseball fan, But That seems like a massive bargain to me for what it represents. And the historical moment it created.

A few decades or so and It should easily double in value.

Bargain or not still big money but sadly a lost bet for the seller.

I do agree it should go up over time just surprised it did not sell for more

I personally think it did about right, the thing is, this AL record by Judge will be beat.

Almost every hitter is worried about launch angle and would gladly bat around .220 if they are hitting 40 home runs...rather than hit .300 with 20 home runs. Evidenced by what was it a whopping 10 guys hit .300 or better last season (vs. 36 in 2002)......and there is no line drive contest at the All Star Break.

Go watch any MLB team BP before a game, all they are trying for is to put it in the seats. I was trained to take the pitchers head off. Line drives up the middle if you got your pitch.

So it's the current AL record......it will be surpassed multiple times in the next 10-15 years.

Book it!

Sorry, Moe. You're right; I miss-read what you wrote. My bad. I updated my post, though it's irrelevant at this point. Be that as it may, you were spot on, Shoeless Moe; Mr. Judge remains a Yankee!!! --- Brian Powell

Seller turned down $ 3 million, what a big mistake .

In all fairness to the seller, there seem to have been plenty of people who agreed with that strategy.

If the guy who offered 3 mil won it for 1.5 then I'd agree with you, but that isn't what happened.

I have seen this mentioned a lot since the sale but the consignor himself came out and said he was uncomfortable with the lawyer/firm that relayed that and another large offer on behalf of 2 interested parties so I think there is more than meets the eye to those "turned down" offers and how genuine/legit they were.

Goldin also confirmed that the people that made those 2 offers were well aware of the auction and were not among the bidders (even under bidders) which also makes it seem like the offers were fishy or at least had more to them.

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Nothing fishy about it. I'm pretty sure I know who bid $3 million for the ball and am not surprised that he did not bid in Golden.

What’s the big deal about an asterisk? It just something that alerts you to notable information. 150 year long record books ought to be littered with them. The thing really doesn’t make much sense without asterisks (or the equivalent). Most of the arguments and counter arguments on this thread are asterisks (some more helpful than others. None of them remove the record from the books or make it less real. If someone wants to celebrate the asterisk next to Maris that says his feat was special because of the unusual animosity from his own team’s fans, that makes sense. Likewise for those that want to stress the number of games each hit their significant home runs in, or whether or not the player played against an integrated league that includes the best pitchers, or my favorite asterisk, Yankee stadium is a joke for homers.

Asterisk on, my friends.

+1...not a Yankee fan...but I agree

Not if you’re a right handed hitter. Check Judge’s splits.