On Saturday night, following a dominating 16-3 victory for the New York Yankees, veteran slugger Matt Holliday declared that rookie sensation Aaron Judge will “hit balls places that no one has ever hit ’em.” Who knew that would come true less than 24 hours later?
In the bottom of the sixth inning on Sunday afternoon, Judge smacked a 495-foot tape measure home run off a hanging slider by Logan Verrett — clearing the bleachers in left-center field. It was the longest home run by an American Leaguer in the MLB.