New York Yankees right fielder Aaron Judge crashed into the right field wall to rob Houston Astros slugger Yuli Gurriel of extra bases in Game 3 of the ACLS on Monday night.
It was a brilliant catch from the MVP candidate.
AARON JUDGE! WHAT A CATCH!
Is the wall OK? https://t.co/qfiq93tH4W
— FOX Sports (@FOXSports) October 17, 2017
Judge’s bat has slumped throughout the playoffs, but his glove has been on point. Twitter reacted strongly to Judge’s most-recent play, expressing a lot of sympathy for the wall.
Yankee Stadium wall being sent for precautionary X-Rays after colliding with Aaron Judge. Status update forthcoming. @MLB
— Jon Morosi (@jonmorosi) October 17, 2017
https://twitter.com/chrishope711/status/920097541475258369
That right field wall got dumptrucked by Aaron Judge.
— Aaron Organ (@AaronOrgan) October 17, 2017
X-Rays on the The Yankee Stadium right field wall have diagnosed a concussion following its collision with Aaron Judge. #ALCS #Yankees
— Harry Abelson (@HarryAbelson) October 17, 2017
Aaron Judge's collision with wall registered 3.5 ion the Richter scale.
— Rene Leyva (@RenePIANOLeyva) October 17, 2017
Of course, not everyone was concerned for the wall.
https://twitter.com/Minitron_10/status/920098097711239168
Elsewhere, thoughts went to this play breaking Judge’s bat out of its slump.
https://twitter.com/j_kruk/status/920097424177356800
The placement of the catch also felt fitting.
Aaron Judge just stole extra bases from Yuli Gurriel, face-planting into the RF wall for a catch. The sign he hit said: GREATNESS AWAITS.
— Jeff Passan (@JeffPassan) October 17, 2017
Indeed, on this catch it was.