Aaron Judge becomes fastest to 350 regular-season home runs, topping Mark McGwire by nearly 200 games
'Big Mac did a lot of great things in this game, and he's definitely a legend,' Judge said.
Judge, who turned 33 in April, debuted with the Yankees at age 24 in 2016. The
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'Would have been great if we got a win today,' Judge said. 'I've been surrounded by a lot of great teammates, been on some good teams, so they really put me in the best position to go out there and perform at my best.'
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McGwire finished in 2001 at age 38 with 583 homers, currently 11th on the career list. He admitted in 2010 he used performance-enhancing drugs and has been denied entry to baseball's Hall of Fame.
The Yankees captain has spoken with McGwire.
'I think it started with when I broke my first rib,' Judge said. 'I think his son was kind of going through the same thing, so he was first asking me how did I heal? What do we do? So I kind of gave him some tips on that. And then we just kind of chit-chatted a little bit and kept in contact.'
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