Yankees honor Aaron Judge with new stadium section

Grab your wigs, robes, and gavels! The New York Yankees have unveiled a brand new cheering section for their rookie right fielder, Aaron Judge.

If you noticed something slightly different about the right field section of Yankee Stadium during the Yankees’ Monday night matchup against the Kansas City Royals, you would have no objection from Aaron Judge.

Sitting just beyond the short porch in right field against the bleachers is the location for the newly installed “Judge’s Chambers.” The three-row section encased by wood paneling seats a total of 18 fans.

While the section takes up just a small fraction of Yankee Stadium, the addition is a microcosm of Judge’s swelling popularity in New York.

Through his first 39 games of the season, Judge has captured the hearts of fans and captivated the league with breath-taking blasts to all parts of major league ballparks.

Judge’s feats this year include a 457-foot bomb off of Pittsburgh Pirates’ lefty, Antonio Bastardo and a 435-foot missile off of Baltimore Orioles starter, Kevin Gausman which registered a record setting exit velocity of 119.4 mph according to Statcast.

Judge currently leads the league in home runs with 15, and is second in WAR to Mike Trout. Considering all that the outfielder has accomplished so far in his early career, it’s almost no surprise that the Yankees’ have found a way to embrace their 6-foot-8 slugger.

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Unfortunately for Yankee fans hoping to purchase tickets for the section, Judge’s Chambers will accommodate “18 fans picked at random from other seats,” according to ESPN’s Andrew Marchand.

However, Marchand goes on to explain that those lucky few fans who are chosen for the section will also “get to borrow a black judge’s robe and keep a foam gavel that says, ‘All Rise!'”

Regardless who is chosen, The Judge’s Chambers is sure to be an instant hit with fans rooting for the rookie sensation to deliver another verdict — and by verdict, I mean justice to baseballs traveling 60 feet, six inches in the strike zone.