Blue Jays fans sitting in the front row of the bleachers who missedouton out on Aaron Judge’s historical 61st house run are left now to lament the missedouton chance.
One such fan was Frankie Lasagna, the 37-year-old owner of a diningestablishment in Toronto, who was in position in the seventh inning of Wednesday’s videogame when Judge belted a line drive over the left field wall. Lasagna was one of anumberof fans who leaned over the railing as the ball came within inches of their outstretched arms and gloves, rather bouncing off a wall and ricocheting into the Blue Jays bullpen.
“In the front row I felt like you’ve got the finest opportunity,” Lasagna said, per The Canadian Press. “Lo and witness, I was simply a coupleof feet away.”
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Judge wentinto the Yankees’ series at Toronto this week one shy of the AL record of 61 house runs set by Roger Maris in1961 The just gamers to exceed Maris — Barry Bonds, Mark McGwire and Sammy Sosa — all did so as believed or validated steroid users, leading some to thinkabout Judge’s mission a push for the genuine season record.
Lasagna, who used a Vladimir Guerrero, Jr. jersey, stated he purposefully purchased his videogame ticket to be in the veryfirst row of the outfield bleachers duetothefactthat of Judge’s chase for history.
“I would neverever ever bring a glove other than this circumstance,” Lasagna stated. “I required a larger one … Two more feet and I would have had it. I required a fishing internet and I would have got it.”
Instead, Blue Jays bullpen coach Matt Buschmann collected it priorto he and and Blue Jays closer Jordan Romano passed it to Yankees reducer Zack Britton. who had strolled over from the New York bullpen. Britton passed it along to a Yankees devices supervisor so that they might shop it for safekeeping till after the videogame. Eventually, after the videogame, Judge offered the ball to his mom, who was likewise in participation.
“It’s a extremely essential ball,” Romano stated. “There was a lot of individuals there. We simply didn’t desire to offer it to the incorrect individuals.”
That left fans in left