Amid Yankees CF Aaron Judge's continued search for his 61st home run, ESPN2's KayRod Cast of tonight's Yankees-Red Sox game will feature "two special guests" in former MLBers Roger Clemens and Barry Bonds (Newark STAR-LEDGER, 9/23).
It has become “equally irrefutable over this last week” that Judge’s chase of Babe Ruth and Roger Maris's records has “cut through much of the cynicism that marked baseball’s PED era.” There has been “romance in the air” in the Bronx through an historic late September that has “demonstrated the enduring magic of the Nos. 60 and 61.” This chase has “largely been a celebration of franchise history” (N.Y. POST, 9/24). SI.com’s Matt Martellwrites under the header, “The undeniable thrill of waiting for Aaron Judge to hit 62” (9/23). However, the CHICAGO TRIBUNE's Paul Sullivan writes under the header, “Aaron Judge’s ‘clean’ pursuit of the HR mark can’t match the hype of the 1998 Sammy Sosa- Mark McGwire race” (9/24).
