![]() Dumb will always, literally, be the last to know. People wrote these things, thought these things, like they’re the smart ones. This is thousands of people, more than that, with so many reminding Judge that he was short of Barry Bonds’ 2001 total that the phrase “11 home runs behind” was trending nationally on Twitter the night Aaron Judge hit No. We have become a world of pathological liars, actually believing the nonsense we’re saying.Īnd there are people saying Barry Bonds is the legitimate home run king, saying Aaron Judge fell 11 home runs short, congratulating him with condescension on the seventh-highest total of home runs in a season, behind Bonds, Mark McGwire (who played many seasons that didn’t happen, including two with more than 62 home runs), and behind Sammy Sosa (many seasons didn’t happen, including three with more than 62). Lots of people will agree with us, insist that something did or did not happen, facts be damned. That’s what we’re doing with uncomfortable truths these days: Pretend it didn’t happen, aware of the strength in numbers. People around the world are seeing what they want to see, remembering what they want to remember, denying what they want to deny. View Gallery: Aaron judge sets AL home run recordīut people are strange these days, aren’t they? It’s not just baseball, not just sports, not just politics, not just the Divided States of America. Did your perfect score happen? Nope, you get a zero, like it never happened.īarry Bonds’ 2001 season is a zero. Ace a test in high school, but cheat to do it, and the teacher finds out. Barry Bonds didn’t do this, didn’t really break Roger Maris’ record, for the same reason Ben Johnson didn’t really break the 100-meter record at the 1988 Olympics, and for the same reason Floyd Landis didn’t really win the 2006 Tour de France.Īaron Judge's 62nd HR ball: Fan who caught No. ![]() He will always be a fraud.įor some reason there has been pushback on Aaron Judge’s historic season, his MLB record, by people who don’t want to acknowledge he has done what nobody has ever done before. Babe Ruth is forever the sultan, the king emeritus, the one who built the castle.īarry Bonds is the fraud. ![]() Roger Maris remains in the royal family, his photo on the castle walls. Watch Video: 'We've become a nation of pathological liars.' Well believe this: Aaron Judge is HR king.Īaron Judge is Major League Baseball’s new single-season home run king.
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