Well, the guy the San Francisco Giants didn’t want to be beat by, beat ‘em.
Aaron Judge, in his first game in San Francisco since spurning his childhood club before the 2023 season, was greeted with a low-rumbling of boos.
I’d say the disapproval had a different quality to it compared to boos directed at other opposing sluggers. A deeper resonance, not just of dislike, but a more seismic grind of resentment. The frustrations of free-agent misses, the nondescript seasons—just recent organizational history—all wrapped up in a guttural groan as a 6’ 7’’ monster that could’ve been our monster stepped up to the plate.