Aaron Judge’s 60th Home Run Doesn’t Do Much for One Broadcaster

Also in Traina Thoughts: Aaron Rodgers has a message about ayahuasca; Cris Collinsworth explains why 'The Slide' is gone; ‘Bad Beats’ and much more.

1. Yankees slugger Aaron Judge blasted his 60th home run of the season on Tuesday night. The shot came in the ninth inning with the Yankees down 8–4 to the Pirates.

The voice of the Yankees, John Sterling, did his usual thing on the WFAN airwaves, although he was a tad more understated than you’d expect.

HE'S TIED THE BABE! It's a JUDGIAN blast! His 60th home run of the year WOW!!

All Rise! Here Comes the Judge! pic.twitter.com/pCMTpoOdHT

— John Sterling Calls (@JSterlingCalls) September 21, 2022

But when it comes to understated, we need to tell you about Pirates TV play-by-play man Greg Brown and his hilarious call of the Judge dinger. Because while we wouldn’t expect the broadcaster for the opposing team to go bonkers over an opponent’s home run, you couldn’t have been more low-key than Brown.

Brown basically “Yadda, Yadda, Yadda’d” the home run. Here’s how it sounded, courtesy of WFAN’s morning show, Boomer and Gio.

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Things, of course, only got worse for Brown and the Pirates, with the Yankees eventually winning on a walk-off grand slam by Giancarlo Stanton.

Meanwhile, here are all 60 of Judge’s home runs in the 2022 season.

All 60 of @TheJudge44's homers!

Enjoy The Show. pic.twitter.com/6f70XGLFIC

— MLB (@MLB) September 21, 2022

2. Aaron Rodgers shared his thoughts on ayahuasca, drugs, sugar and fat during his weekly Pat McAfee Show appearance on Tuesday.

"Ayahuasca isn't a drug it's a plant & I think that's a very important point to make" ~@AaronRodgers12#PMSLive #ART pic.twitter.com/xJyCiiP3Kn

— Pat McAfee (@PatMcAfeeShow) September 20, 2022

3. The highlight—or lowlight, depending on what you bet—of this week’s installment of "Bad Beats" is the Tennessee game going over. Just disgusting.

Bad Beats
Week 3 pic.twitter.com/GGrqZVBWJt

— Stanford Steve (@StanfordSteve82) September 20, 2022

4. Cris Collinsworth explained how his famous slide started and why The Slide is no longer, since Mike Tirico has replaced Al Michaels on Sunday Night Football.

Here’s a guy who gave us alllllll the details on what happened to the iconic Collinsworth Slide.⁰⁰@heykayadams | @CollinsworthPFF pic.twitter.com/XQbD4UQwEG

— Up & Adams (@UpAndAdamsShow) September 20, 2022

5. Something is seriously wrong with how we do things when $1.33 billion ends up being $453 million. Lotto winnings should be tax free.

After 53 days, the winner of the $1.33B Mega Millions jackpot has come forward.

The couple wishes to remain anonymous.

The $1.33B is reduced to $780.5 million on the lump sum option and is reduced to $453 million after federal and state taxes.

— Darren Rovell (@darrenrovell) September 21, 2022

6. The latest SI Media Podcast features an interview with New York Post sports media columnist Andrew Marchand. Topics we covered on the show include:

• What to expect from Amazon Prime Video and Thursday Night Football, but the biggest challenge facing Prime Video
• ESPN hits a home run with Joe Buck and Troy Aikman
• Pat McAfee joining College GameDay
• Strong early ratings for the NFL and college football
• NBC’s new booth for Notre Dame games
• Whether rules analysts are overrated
• LIV Golf’s TV future

You can listen to the podcast below or download it on Apple, Spotify and Google.

You can also watch the SI Media Podcast on YouTube.

7. RANDOM VIDEO OF THE DAY: Billy on the Street has never failed to make me laugh. So I was thrilled when Billy Eichner dropped a new edition, the first in three years, on Tuesday.

HERE IT IS!!! THE FIRST BILLY ON THE STREET IN 3 YEARS!!! BROS ON THE STREET WITH PAUL RUDD!!!! ONLY IN THEATERS SEPT 30!!! #brosmovie @brosthemovie pic.twitter.com/BYqd61Iilg

— billy eichner (@billyeichner) September 20, 2022

Be sure to catch up on past editions of Traina Thoughts and check out the Sports Illustrated Media Podcast hosted by Jimmy Traina on Apple, Spotify or Google. You can also follow Jimmy on Twitter, Instagram and TikTok.