Twitter Reacts To Aaron Judge's 495-Foot Home Run
In case you missed it, New York Yankees rookie Aaron Judge absolutely demolished a baseball on Sunday. The 25-year-old launched an 85 mph…something, 495 feet into the left field bleachers. Current and former players were quick to react on Twitter.
Check out the home run:
Sweet baby Jesus he hit that a long way. You could almost hear the baseball screaming as it left his bat.
Now take a look at some of the best responses:
R U Kidding... #MLB #Yankees https://t.co/Mj5jATRDoA
— Jerry Hairston, Jr. (@TheRealJHair) June 11, 2017
Oh my lord that ball landed in queens ??? https://t.co/iENeBfNX6t
— Dontrelle Willis (@DTrainMLB) June 11, 2017
Oh my @TheJudge44 ?
— Billy McKinney (@billy_mckinney) June 11, 2017
#StartSpreadingTheNews Yankees Win great Job by Bullpen.. ??⚖️900ft homers, ?lin 2run homer, ?3run homer ... WHAT A GAMEE!!!!
— Sir Didi Gregorius (@DidiG18) June 11, 2017
Aaron Judge is a freak!! https://t.co/ImWlJ5hZKw
— Vernon Wells (@VernonWells10) June 11, 2017
Judge hits longest homer of 2017
— Jesse Barfield (@JesseBarfield29) June 11, 2017
Sent with @MLB At Bat That's Incredible! This baseball almost went 500 feet!!!!! https://t.co/6BsxT8vijE
And here are some more reactions from around Twitter:
Aaron Judge has outdone himself. Never seen one go there. Amazing.
— Jon Heyman (@JonHeyman) June 11, 2017
Seriously what the F is going on with this Aaron Judge season? This guy is just the new Babe Ruth? I'm not at all happy for you @jacko2323
— Bill Simmons (@BillSimmons) June 11, 2017
Batted Balls of 119+ MPH This Season:
— Katie Sharp (@ktsharp) June 10, 2017
Aaron Judge - 4
Rest of MLB - 0
If there was ever an Aaron Judge statue, this should be it. Including the catcher ??#Yankees pic.twitter.com/zXwGfsS98n
— Matthew Stucko (@MatthewStucko) June 11, 2017
495 feet for Aaron Judge. My goodness. pic.twitter.com/fIUAGGE5S6
— Bryan Hoch (@BryanHoch) June 11, 2017
The lesson here? Aaron Judge is fun.