Home Run Derby
Judge breaks McGwire's HR rookie record, Yankees top Royals
Aaron Judge circled the bases for the 50th time this season , breaking Mark McGwire's major league record for home runs by a rookie, and returned to the Yankees dugout to exchange handshakes, hugs and high-fives with excited teammates.
And then, he walked up the steps and back onto the field.
Embarrassed by the attention, he managed four short waves with his right hand before heading back to the bench just three seconds later.
"They kind of told me: 'You got to go out there. You got to go out there,'" he would later recall. "First curtain call. I hope it was a good one."
Judge had his second straight two-homer game in an 11-3 rout of...
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