Aaron Judge’s monster homer in big spot not enough: ‘no lead’s really safe’
NY Post
BOSTON — Aaron Judge visited a part of Fenway Park that few have ever visited. One swing brought the Yankees from down one run to up two runs and made plenty of Red Sox fans ask one another if they have ever seen a home run land where this one landed.
It was majestic. It was a jolt for a team that needed one. It was not enough.
The only downside to Judge’s 470-foot, jaw-dropping dinger was that he was awarded no extra runs for style or distance.
The Yankees captain crushed a three-run shot just about to the moon, but it still counted for merely three runs — not enough on a night the Bombers’ bullpen imploded late in a 9-7, series-opening loss to the Red Sox on Friday.
After Judge’s swing in the seventh inning, a loss felt nearly impossible. Judge connected on a first-pitch cutter from Zack Kelly that cut right across the plate. The ball was launched to center field, the deepest part of the ballpark, and it just kept going.
Center fielder Jarren Duran ran a few steps back and looked up.
With the Yankees on an impressive run of mostly correct decisions, there’s some reason to leave them alone and just let the best team in the American League continue to roll. But they did raise serious doubt and leave room for suggestions (and even ridicule) following maybe the most inexplicable decision of this season, or any season.
The Giants have never been 0-2 under Brian Daboll, until now. They were 2-0 and flying high in 2022 and 1-1 after a rousing comeback in Arizona in 2023. So, this represents a low point as far as early-season difficulties for Daboll and the Giants. They had no business beating the Vikings in the opener and no business losing to the Commanders in Week 2. But here they are.
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Harrison Butker kept making a lonely walk to midfield after each quarter Sunday to check on the direction of the wind, which tends to swirl inside Arrowhead Stadium. He did it one last time during the 2-minute warning, when his Chiefs were trailing the Bengals by two and trying to give him a winning field-goal attempt.