ESPN to Cut-In for Aaron Judge At-Bats This Weekend, per Report

For the second consecutive weekend, ESPN will alter its television coverage as the Yankees outfielder pursues history.
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For the second consecutive weekend, ESPN will cut into its Saturday college football coverage for live look-ins to at-bats for Yankees outfielder Aaron Judge, who is in pursuit of breaking Roger Maris’s single-season American League home run record of 61.

All three Yankee games against the Orioles this weekend that are broadcast outside of the YES Network footprint will be televised on MLB Network in addition to the live cut-ins on ESPN, according to Andrew Marchand of the New York Post.

Judge, who tied the long-held record earlier this week in Toronto against the Blue Jays, will continue to pursue history in the final weekend of baseball’s regular season. The record held by Maris was set in 1961 and has only come close to being broken by Alex Rodriguez, when he hit 57 home runs in 2002.

Maris’s American League record has stood through the steroid era of baseball. While Mark McGwire, Sammy Sosa and Barry Bonds all surpassed the 61 home run mark at various points in time, none of them played in the American League.

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Mike McDaniel is a staff writer on the Breaking and Trending News team at Sports Illustrated, where he has worked since January 2022. His work has been featured at InsideTheACC.com, SB Nation, FanSided and more. McDaniel hosts the Hokie Hangover Podcast, covering Virginia Tech athletics, as well as Basketball Conference: The ACC Football Podcast. Outside of work, he is a husband and father, and an avid golfer.