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The New York Yankees' Aaron Judge just made shot history.

The 30-year-old deed his 61st location tally of the play during a Sept. 28 crippled against the Toronto Blue Jays, officially tying Roger Maris' American League record. The historical changeable came successful astatine the seventh inning, erstwhile Judge smashed a shot from Tim Mayza implicit the near tract partition astatine the Rogers Centre.

Prior to Maris, Babe Ruth held the grounds with 60 single-season location runs successful 1927.

With 7 much games remaining, Judge could precise good surpass Maris' 1961 grounds for astir location runs successful a season. However, he'll inactive request a twelve much palmy hits if helium wants to match Barry Bond's MLB grounds of 73 single-season location runs, which was acceptable successful 2001 during the league's arguable "steroids era," per ESPN.

But that's not to accidental Judge can't marque the past books again. After all, Bonds precocious predicted that the outfielder volition beryllium capable to marque much location runs aft his 61st hit. 

"Trying to get to that 61 is the hardest one," helium told the outlet connected Sept. 26. "Trying to get to that one. Once helium gets to it, he's astir apt going to deed 5 oregon six successful a enactment aft that. But trying to get to there, that's the hardest one, that 61 is going to beryllium the hardest. It's a large infinitesimal connected 61."

Likewise, Judge—who made his MLB debut successful 2016—has thing but praise for Bonds and his record. "The top hitter of each time, successful my opinion," Judge said successful an interrogation with The San Francisco Chronicle earlier this month. "After playing this crippled and realizing however hard it is, I look backmost to however he'd spot 1 transportation a game, 1 transportation a bid that was implicit the plate, and helium didn't miss it."

He added that helium "stayed up late" arsenic a kid to ticker the jock play. "That's the record," Judge raved. "No 1 tin instrumentality that from him."