Aaron Judge blocks the ball with his hand sliding into 2nd base!! vs. Brewers 

I'm a die-hard Yankees fan, but if I personally think a call was wrong, I will say it no matter which team. I may not be right but it's my opinion.

That lead to a 7 run outburst. Wonderful.

It was interference. The umpires Blew the call. They and A. Judge should be fined.

That was on purpose 😂

Interference, no doubt. Just like you, gotta call ‘em as you see ‘em.

Mlb already said it was a missed call stop saying it wasn't lmao

Should've been over.

The Brewers got screwed.

Back in the day next time he comes in there he's gonna get low bridged....

Again thank you for giving your opinion and not be a typical yankee bias channel

Look at Aaron Judge's EYES. He's looking at the second baseman's hand/arm, OBVIOUSLY trying to block the ball. I don't blame him. If you can get away with it, why WOULDN'T you do it?

Clearly fucking intentional.

Yup definitely interference without a doubt, the Umpires completely missed this 1.

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How did they mess that up?

watch Volpe's slide with BOTH hands up. this is fundamental baseball i was taught in Little League. it IS intentional to try to break up a double play.

That move by Judge was so ridiculous, i cant believe the umps missed it. This reminded me of the Arod play from about 20 years ago, i think it was in the ALCS against the Red Sox when he was running to 1st and Arroyo attempts to tag him out and Arod literally karate chops the ball out of Arroyos glove. The umps got together and correctly called Arod out.

I remember Reggie Jackson doing the same thing using his hip.If he's in the basepaths I suppose it can be called a clean play or interference

La próxima que apunté a la cara, para que deje la maña de estar deslizándose con la mano arriba siempre.

He's literally reaching as high as he possibly can. Use some commonsense here... Its wasn't a natural slide progression. By the way, nice batting average.

In my younger days I slid the same way , although it was natural to me, it does look like it is on purpose. Sometimes you just gotta take the call, cause it looks bad.

Adames should have beamed him in the big toe and put him back on the shelf so he could go work on his plate discipline…. Without this series against the brewers Judge “captain” absolutely Sucks this year!!!!!

Key moment of the game. Obvious interference and the inning should have ended there. It changed the course of the game. Not cool

I watched a compilation of Aaron Judge slides and it seems like his arm always goes up when he slides. Maybe he is always trying to cause obstruction, maybe not, but it is something he does every time.

Judge should be careful on his slides. After all he has a bum big toe. As Steinfeld says the big toe is the captain of the toes and Judge is the captain of the Yankees.

I ran onto the field to catch a ball during my son's little league game. Sometimes it's just a reflex. 😀

Judge slides like that every time there is a chance of a double play. If you’ve never seen it then you just haven’t been watching him play for the last several years.

Honestly surprised he isn’t out for the season after taking the ball off that mit…. He stubbed his toe last year and was out forever. Dude gets hurt a lot and easily to the DL for 60 days. Just a matter of time i guess

Nope thats what you call ab almost interceptio. Maybe throw better

Is that illegal? I try and do that all the time but not successfully

Is that even a rule? If it is, intentionally or unintentionally, it’s interference.

Before the rule changes made to protect infielders from sliding base runners, it would have been perfectly legal for 6' 7", 280 pound Aaron Judge to knock Willie Adames into the outfield grass. Can you imagine that?

1000% MLB holding the umps hands...

It's only interference if they call it. Non review able. Next they will start regulating the size of the oven mitts 😂

It wasn’t on purpose that’s how you talk to slide

It's called baseball on the next level like it should be

No interference bad throw by 2nd baseman

I'm with you, that looked intentional. Go Bombers.

Aaron judge would be a good goalie for soccer.

Ofcourse it was on purpose. If I'm the Brewers 2nd baseman, I'd tell Judge next time it's you'll block the throw with your head.

He always slides with his hand up get over it

So he got to stay at 2ns base after that? No out?

That play led to a 7 run inning ! Lets Go Yankees ! 💪

He is the man to be judged,

Did it really matter since they scored 15 runs anyway??

Completely interference, plus that ump tightened his zone and botched a couple strikes. Inning was over. Enjoy your bs win

I wasn’t able to watch game yesterday but saw people complaining but damn.. I know why now brutal..

Ever see the play where Cobb looks like he's spiked the catcher in the gut? He didn't! He kicked the ball away before that catcher could snag it and tag him! And the catcher is Paul Kritchell, one of the great scouts in Yankees history.

Yankee fan here and have to agree. I couldn't believe it when it happened. (Still better than the A-Rod slap tho😂)

What it looks like to me is that Judge intended to distract the second basemen, not interfere with the ball. The second basemen tends to move out of the basepath to throw around a player running toward him, the chances of the ball making contact with the mitt 6 inches wide are slim, but happened. I would also think Judge would know he is out already, and touching the ball wouldn't change that. So, to take a chance that the call would go his way seem unlikely. So why bother making that move when it wouldn't change the outcome unless the umps sided with him, which he wouldn't have known.

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i mean the guy is 6'7....he may not have done it on purpose......or he did. im just saying, hes tall

What did he have on his hand, a sliding glove ? Haven’t noticed them before, if so.

I’ve seen guys take one in the chops for not sliding early enough or getting out of the way. Some middle guys would come down way underneath to make sure you slide. I think this happened to Jorge posada one time unless I’m mistaken. Thank god that hit judge in the oven mitt or else this could have been pretty ugly.

Oh well....... Reggie did it in the world series back in 77.🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

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He slides like that every time thought. IDK though

At that game... and we all could tell it was interference.

Judge is just trying his craft as a pass rusher during the offseason.

Looking at it... I do NOT think it was done on purpose... The arm went up as he went into his slide... But, the arm was up.... Made harder by him being so tall... I don't know league rules... You definitely can make the argument for interference.... I don't know if intent matters 🤷‍♂

Nope...You're wrong Grunty...Judge was in direct line with the base and his hand goes up as he slid...EVERYONE does that...He just happens to be 6'7"...He wasn't waving his arm, it was straight up in the air...What Reggie did in the 78' Series was different!! 😂

That was no doubt a clear belt high strike

Dude umps have been bad this year

Crew chief Andy Fletcher said they missed the call on Judge’s slide. “On the field we got together and did the best we could to come up with a correct answer. After looking at it on replay, it appears that the call was missed. It was an unnatural part of his slide.” Guess that settles it

changed the entire game . Amazing

100% interference!

Interference

Oh dear!! Judge might get a ball to the face next double play!!

200 IQ play by judge 😂

It look like it. Was on purpose but why risk injury that ball is thrown to first base that could have damage his hand

He slides like this into second base literally every time. It's not a one-off. Whether it's a legal action all the other times may be up for debate, but this is not a freak incident. Any baserunner has to raise an arm to help balance going into the foot first slide, he's very tall, and he clearly also raises his arm in a way that may force the SS or 2B to throw around him. He's done this for what appears to be his entire career and finally got a big payoff.

Can't stand the Brewers, and I want to revel in this moment but that was just a dirty play and the umpire messed up.

Look back at earlier footage here on RU-vid. When judge slides on his back he often throws that left hand hand up. It's just the way he does it. Looks like it's steadies or balances him as he slides.

NO INTERFERENCE: Search ''slide into base'' & you will see dozens of videos/pix of players with a hand in the air. Its just a natural move. Due to his height, Judge's hand is higher. MLB needs to get on top of this.

Considering how much they have limited sliding in the past few years, what Judge did should be legal...

How is that not called interference on the field? It’s obvious

Yankees fan here. If it was intentional, brilliant move by Aaron Judge. If the DP gets called, nothing lost. It was a DP anyway. If it doesn't get called... Well, we saw what happened.

born and raised bronx ny, yankees are my team he always slides with his hand up, may be intentional maybe not but to me it looks like he was trying to blind the 2nd basemans view to first base and hit it on accident

No way on purpose.I will take it.

Judge's hand was up before adames threw the ball, therefore it's adames job to throw around judge's hand. There's no rule stating you need to keep the space in front of a fielder free as a base runner similar to how the catcher has to give a lane to the runner going home

Grunt is a red stock fan

Go watch a highlight reel of double plays. Nearly every player that is close enough to slide legally puts their hands up. Judge is tall. Considering he gets called strikes that are at his ankles, I think umps letting that slide might make up for all the low called strikes he gets. It was up to the Brewers to make an out eventually. After that play, it was 1 on, 1 out. They failed to get 8 straight runners out. That's on them.

You’re allowed to slide into 2nd base. It’s not his fault he’s tall. If he did it on purpose there’s no way to tell. You can’t call someone out because they might have done it on purpose.

If he doesn't slide you can't just nail him with the ball and call interference....I think as long as the player's body is in the baseline the thrower should have to adjust for the runner.

That's how judge slides, look at every judge slide his hand is always up like that

Grunt I think you’re wrong on this one. Judge regularly slides and puts one of his hands up, even when it is not a double play ball

It was on purpose. Everyone acts like Judge is this great person but he seems like a douchebag to me. That was a shitty thing to do, should’ve been called interference. Maybe a rule will be changed after this.

Watch Judge do slides in other games. He does it every time he slides feet first into a base. Every single time.