#99

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Full Name:
 

   Aaron James Judge 

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Nicknames:

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'All Rise'

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All Rise was given to him by Todd Frazier.

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Born:  
   

April 26, 1992
   Linden, California

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Family:  

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Mother: Patty

Father: Wayne

Brother: John 

 

Both of his parents were teachers. They also attended Fresno State (where Aaron attended).

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His brother teaches English in South Korea.

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As a child Judge would attend Stockton Ports (the local minor-league baseball team) with his father.

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Friends:  

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High school friends: Britt Hodges (might be his girlfriend now)

Trevor Snow (Sells air-conditioning and heating systems in Linden, California)

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Ex-girlfriend: Jen Flaum

They broke up in early 2018. Jen Flaum is an Instagram model.​

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School:  

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Linden High School, Linden, California.

Mascot: Lions

Coach: Joe Piombo

Teammates: Trevor Snow and Howard Knapp 

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California State University, Fresno

Fresno State Bulldogs baseball

Coach: Mike Batesole
Teammates: Dusty Robinson (led the team in home runs in 2011).
Danny Muno, Justin Haley

Full roster

Major: Kinesiology (did not complete)
 

Judge wore No. 29 with the Bulldogs. No. 99 was not his personal choice.
 

Judge only hit 18 career home runs during three seasons at Fresno State.

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He decided to go to Fresno State partially because they had Jordan Ribera who was leading the country in home runs. 

Baseball Related:

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2010 - Drafted by the Oakland Athletics (31st round). Did not sign and attended college instead.

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2013 - Drafted by the New York Yankees (32nd overall)($1.8 million signing bonus).

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2016 - August 13th - Major League debut with the Yankees. Judge hit a home run during his first at bat. This was a back-to-back home run as Tyler Austin hit a home run right before (also his debut).  

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2017 - MLB record for most strikeouts by a rookie with 208.

 

2017 - Yankees single season record for strikeouts with 208.

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Most golden sombreros (4 strikeouts in a game) in postseason play since 1903.

In the last 10 years only one person has won the AL Rookie of the Year being older than Judge (José Abreu who played Cuban professional baseball for many years before coming to MLB).

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Extra:

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Judge is a Christian and has posted about his faith on his Twitter account.

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He grew up a San Francisco Giants fan.

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The town of Linden has an annual Linden Cherry Festival.

 

Linden Athletic Booster club has attended his games.

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He only made just over $500,000 in 2017 despite being the AL MVP runner up.

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Judge's No. 99 is a number usually given to players not expected to make the team. It was given to him during spring training with the Yankees. He said he would have preferred No. 34 (retired number) or No. 35 (worn by Michael Pineda).

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Sample Heckles:

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"Hey Aaron, it's me, Trevor Snow from high school. I need to borrow some money. My air conditioner business is hurting."

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Heckle him on twitter:

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@thejudge44

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Memes:

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(Meme 1), (Meme 2), (Meme 3), (Meme 4), (Meme 5), (Meme 6)

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