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Why Aaron Judge’s historic homer chase is worth interrupting football broadcasts

Lots of people have seen Yankees outfielder Aaron Judge batting at the plate this week, even people who had never watched a single inning of baseball their entire lives this weekend.

In fact, everyone watching something on ESPN while he’s been batting has seen him swinging on the screen even when it’s not Sunday Night Baseball. Why are channels treating Aaron Judge’s at-bats like it’s a broadcast of Neil Armstrong walking on the moon?

Because if in one of those he hits a home run, it’ll be his 62nd of the season.

“So what,” right?