Aaron Judge has done it again.<\/p>\n
Another New York Yankees franchise record, shoved aside.<\/p>\n
This time, the 6-foot-7 superstar set a new single-season mark in early July. That’s pretty hard to do.<\/p>\n
The record: Single-season intentional walks.<\/p>\n
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When Judge was intentionally walked on Wednesday night, it was his 24th of the season.<\/p>\n
Mickey Mantle held the previous mark, of 23, set back in 1957, according to MLB Network’s Sarah Langs.<\/p>\n
This comes with one caveat: Intentional walks weren’t tracked before 1955. So we don’t know how many times Babe Ruth or Lou Gehrig or Joe DiMaggio were given an intentional free pass in their primes.<\/p>\n
That doesn’t lower the impressiveness of Judge’s record.<\/p>\n
He could’ve set it earlier, back in one of those seasons when he hit 62 or 58 homers. But in part because his batting average is a career-best now, teams really, really don’t want to pitch to him. He’s pretty much eliminated any holes he had in his swing.<\/p>\n
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Giving the big fella one free base feels a lot better to managers than giving him four when he inevitably connects for another home run.<\/p>\n
And now he can build on this record the rest of the way, too.<\/p>\n
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