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5 Aaron Judge - home run (almost) record breaker
With his 60th dinger of the season on Tuesday night, Yankees slugger Aaron Judge is on pace to break the long-standing American League home run record in the next few games. And if you happen to catch one of those home runs, you could be on pace to finally afford a house.
Given Judge’s lack of performance-enhancing drug controversy and his popularity among baseball fans, experts are estimating his 61st home run ball could fetch anywhere from $250,000 to more than $2 million at auction. His 62nd (and record-breaking) bomb/homer/moon shot has an estimated value of between $500,000 and $5+ million.
- For that reason, Yankees ticket prices have ballooned to $960 on StubHub, with some eclipsing $4,000 on the secondary market.
With all that money on the line, the MLB isn’t taking any chances on a forgery. For the rest of the season, every ball pitched to Judge will include a covert marking that can only be seen with certain technology, although the league isn’t being much more specific than that to ensure the legitimacy of its authentication process.
When could it happen? The 6'7" Judge is averaging one home run every ~2.5 games. He has 13 games left and needs just two more taters to break Roger Maris’s 1961 record.—MK
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