Big men. Big power. And big problems when all those big parts are not moving in the same direction.
The home runs are more majestic when a big, tall slugger crushes the baseball — and Aaron Judge is living that life now, beginning Thursday as the major league’s leader in home runs (13), and tied for the AL lead in RBIs (27), a kinetic-motion MLB marvel.
Judge is 6-foot-7, 282 pounds, and has given new meaning to the term huge hit. But it’s not just the style in which he is bashing baseballs, shattering flat screen TVs and setting rookie records, Judge is a hitter who uses all fields as well.