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OT: Is Aaron Judge the second coming of Babe Ruth?

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TMCB said:
Cesp bruce and conforto more proven than judge. Mets pitching will be fine, degrom complete game, wheeler good all yr, matz throws a gem, lugo a gem, harvey gaining arm strength as expected, thor will be rested. The biggest ques is familia, does he come back this yr? Mets have bats and rosarrio will be here soon. Yes they have a few teams to climb over but Mets are talented. 100 games to go.......
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Mets fans......gotta love 'em.
Genius, you couldn't find one non-mets fan that would trade any one of those three mets proven "stars" for Aaron Judge.
 
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NewJerseyHawk said:
Judge is a freakish athlete that is playing at a high level, in a ballpark that allows right center field power....you can't pitch him away and expect to get him out and he's showing plate discipline.

I'm as far from a Yankee fan as anyone, but he's more than what the Yankees had in Jeter or the "Core 4"....he is right now an icon in a dying sport for media coverage, in the right media market. Giancarlo Stanton has been doing this for 4-5 years now in South Florida and is the standard of what to expect for Judge, but is just now getting his due with the general public..... If Stanton's first 4-5 years were in Yankee Stadium, this conversation would be drastically different....Stanton would already have a statue outside Yankee Stadium.....Let's get Judge through a couple of seasons before crowning him, he's not Stanton.....yet.....
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I wish you hadn't included your editorial about MLB dying. I don't agree and guess I take it personally...the same as if you had attacked Rutgers.

Last year MLB had the 11th highest attendance (73.16M). Yes it was down about 1.1% from the year before but by most standards (see the Cubs / Chicago) MLB is here to stay. Is it still No. 1...no and it hasn't been since around the late 60's.

But it's MILES ahead of the NBA, NHL or any X game you can mention.

Other than that, when you survey the landscape of talent: Judge, Sanchez, Story, Seager, Harper, Trout, Sale, Chapman, the Reds #1 pick (throws 102 mph), the Japanese Wunderkind who's in the wings (see next season) / Springer, Zimmerman and countless other talents, it seems to me that MLB maybe on the verge of a Renaissance.

I hope my Cardinals are in the thick of it when it occurs.

MO
PS I read your posts and usually agree with you...but this one just rubbed me the wrong way. Going to watch the HR derby soon!
JUDGE for yourself!
 
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Wow ! what a performance by Judge in the HR Derby ! Blew away the field !

 
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I suppose if there were a second coming of Babe Ruth, it would look a lot like what judge just did. Wow.
 
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Missed the whole thing. My wife hogged the tv watching reruns of the West Wing on Netflix.
 
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NewJerseyHawk said:
Judge is a freakish athlete that is playing at a high level, in a ballpark that allows right center field power....you can't pitch him away and expect to get him out and he's showing plate discipline.

I'm as far from a Yankee fan as anyone, but he's more than what the Yankees had in Jeter or the "Core 4"....he is right now an icon in a dying sport for media coverage, in the right media market. Giancarlo Stanton has been doing this for 4-5 years now in South Florida and is the standard of what to expect for Judge, but is just now getting his due with the general public..... If Stanton's first 4-5 years were in Yankee Stadium, this conversation would be drastically different....Stanton would already have a statue outside Yankee Stadium.....Let's get Judge through a couple of seasons before crowning him, he's not Stanton.....yet.....
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I am also far from a Yankee fan but ...huh??? G Stanton hasn't had a 2?week period that equates to what this kid has done over his first half season. GSvis closer to a Strawberry than Judge. Not even a K Griffey started out like this.
Yes, half a season but lets say he becomes average in the 2nd half, he ends a rookie season with 45 HR and a .315 average. G.Stanton??? He is a 260 ish hitter
Also- Judge doesn't hit them 320 and benefit from a hitters park, he is crushing them.
He could drop off the face of MZlB in 2 years but it has been a very long time since we have seen anything like this
 
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The kid is something special. He didn't look like he was even swinging all that hard on half of the HR's. I love that he keeps the note on his cell phone reminding him of that .173 batting avg from last year... he's truly humble and appreciates his success. I can't imagine not rooting for the guy. All rise for the Judge!
 
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Another caution I would have;21 of his homers have been hit at home,only 9 on the road.Logan Morrison has hit 16 HR on the road,leading the majors.While he's not the player that is Judge,that fact should be weighed as well.
 
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He is obviously better than Babe Ruth. Fix the thread title to "How long will it take Judge to break all of Ruth's records?"
 
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NewJerseyHawk said:
Judge is a freakish athlete that is playing at a high level, in a ballpark that allows right center field power....you can't pitch him away and expect to get him out and he's showing plate discipline.

I'm as far from a Yankee fan as anyone, but he's more than what the Yankees had in Jeter or the "Core 4"....he is right now an icon in a dying sport for media coverage, in the right media market. Giancarlo Stanton has been doing this for 4-5 years now in South Florida and is the standard of what to expect for Judge, but is just now getting his due with the general public..... If Stanton's first 4-5 years were in Yankee Stadium, this conversation would be drastically different....Stanton would already have a statue outside Yankee Stadium.....Let's get Judge through a couple of seasons before crowning him, he's not Stanton.....yet.....
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By the way if your not a Yankee fan then at least get your facts right, He is a right
hander playing in a park made for lefties. You Met fans are all the same, you know?
 
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The funniest thing I've found when seeing people try to belittle what Judge is doing is the Yankee Stadium excuse. He's hitting absolute bombs. He's not hitting wall scrapers. He's had one HR that was a cheapie. One. Keep hating losers.
 
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I'm upping my prediction after witnessing how much more powerful and smooth swinging he is than the best power hitters in the game. I'm going Ruthian...

62/145/.317
 
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mikebal9 said:
You're kidding, right?
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No, I'm not. When are we going to start giving credit where it's due to young players in this generation? This dude has 30 home runs before the break and put on a superhuman show yesterday with relative ease.

Call a spade a spade. This dude is going to do some unbelievable things.
 
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mikebal9 said:
Your point is valid but your original supporting data is useless. Homerun derbies and all star games prove nothing. That's all I was saying.
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Validity? Data? Maybe I should put together a spreadsheet. Come on man! I was busting TMCB's stones.
 
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Nick I have to be a Met fan to make an observation ? I am a BASEBALL fan and I watch obvious trends that sometimes become patterns. Lets hope this is a blip on his radar screen.I know he got robbed last night but he looks out of whack.
 
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