Playing in front of friends and family from nearby San Joaquin County, Judge was greeted with multiple rounds of boos 2 years after choosing the Yankees in free agency.
New York Yankees’ Aaron Judge rounds third base after hitting a solo home run against the San Francisco Giants in the sixth inning of their MLB game at Oracle Park in San Francisco, Calif., on Friday, May 31, 2024. SAN FRANCISCO — It had been almost 18 months since he last set foot in this ballpark, for an ill-fated free-agent meeting two winters ago. Decades had past since he passed through the turnstiles as a young fan. Never before had he taken swings from its right-handed batter’s box.
With the Bronx Bombers visiting Oracle Park for the first time since 2019, the home fans took full advantage of their first chance to air their grievances since Judge became the latest superstar to spurn the Giants’ advances, opting to re-sign with the Yankees for $360 million over nine years in December 2022.
“You dream about it in the backyard, playing around a little bit,” Judge said, towering over about a dozen reporters in the visitors’ clubhouse. “It’s a special place. I grew up a Giants fan. I loved coming to games out here. It was pretty cool being on the opposite side being on the field now.” As he rose through the ranks, from Linden High on to Fresno State, Judge was never granted the opportunity to play at the Giants’ home ballpark. When the Yankees last visited five years ago, Judge was in the middle of a two-month absence with an oblique strain and wasn’t able to play.
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