Aaron Judge as Religious Experience pt. II

In the middle of May, I wrote an article entitled, “Aaron Judge as Religious Experience.” Inspired by his hot start — in 34 games from April 8th to May 17th, Judge posted a triple slash of .315/.384/.692 with 14 home runs and a 200 wRC+ — I thought it was a good time to sit down and explore the traits that made Aaron Judge more than just another slugger.

To do so, I paid homage to David Foster Wallace’s sportswriting in his essay, “Roger Federer as Religious Experience,” in which he extols the legendary tennis player and tries his best to verbalize the otherwise-impossible-to-describe joy of watching an athlete at the peak of their performance. I borrowed some phrases, adapted the language…