Aaron Judge, Yankees get taste of Roberto Clemente's legacy in Pittsburgh
Yankees slugger Aaron Judge swung a bat that weighed more than the ones he normally uses during batting practice on Tuesday night, one with much heavier historical significance, too.
Judge, baseball’s home run leader with 29 entering the two-game series, normally uses a 35-inch, 33-ounce bat, but the loaned Clemente bat was 36 inches and 38 ounces. “You see the pictures of him, I’m thinking this guy’s 6-5, 6-6 but you hear he was maybe 5-11, 5-10. It’s pretty impressive he was able to swing something like this and produce the numbers he did.”Roberto Clemente of the Pittsburgh Pirates is seen in Tampa, Fla., March 3, 1963.The Hall of Fame outfielder died in a plane crash off the coast of his native Puerto Rico while traveling to deliver relief supplies to Nicaragua earthquake victims on New Year’s Eve in 1972.
“Extremely tragic what happened because he was just starting. … Everything he did on the baseball field was great, but the stuff off the field was even bigger. And the touch he had with little kids, signing autographs … that’s something that’s always been a passion for me, so I just kind of felt a connection and wanted to check it out.”
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