Late Tuesday night, reports surfaced that confirmed our collective hopes and dreams: Aaron Judge received an invitation to compete in the Home Run Derby. The Yankees right fielder told reporters that Major League Baseball extended the invitation through his agent. For weeks we waited for this news to emerge, with each towering home run adding to our interest.
Unfortunately, Judge has yet to accept the invitation. “I just got invited,” he explained to Wallace Matthews of the New York Times. “That’s all I know so far. Haven’t decided yet.