FIFTY!

After hearing that our all-world rookie Aaron Judge had both broken McGwire's rookie record for homers and reached the heady plateau of 50 home runs---in the same game of course---I was going to come on here and make some smart remark about not having ever seen another Yankee player hit fifty in my lifetime.

And then I remembered A-Rod and how he 54 in one of his MVP years in the Bronx. And then the shame of bad memory came through, because that was when we lived there...and I think he got to 600 that same season. Whoops.

But really, that's a short list...

Yankees who have hit fifty home runs in a season:

1. Ruth (4 times)
2. Mantle (twice)
3. Maris (once)
4. A-Rod (once as a Yankee)
5. the Judge

Bring on the Twins for the play-in game! Can we catch Boston? We got young! Ahead of schedule, this is exciting!