Suddenly, Aaron Judge has become the villain of the Toronto Blue Jays. And just because he looked the wrong way.
In the second game of a series between the New York Yankees and the Toronto Blue Jays, Aaron Judge was booed.
In games prior, Judge may have received boos because opposing fans were jealous of how good he was. This time, he was booed because Toronto fans think he cheated ā and because they were jealous of how good he is.
Judge scored two homers in Mondayās 7-4 win over the Blue Jays, and one of those homers was put under a microscope recently since Toronto seemed to think Judge cheated. They donāt know how, they donāt know why. They just know he did.
The Blue Jays thought they saw something fishy going on with Judgeās odd side-eye glance right before he homered in the eighth inning. Coincidence? Any rational fan would think so given Judgeās proven slugging prowess and the Blue Jaysā limp pitching as of late.
Nevertheless, when Judge stepped up to the plate during Tuesday nightās game, Blue Jays fans serenaded him with boos and celebrated when Judge grounded out.
Blue Jays fans heckle Aaron Judge amid alleged cheating scandal
Toronto clearly wants to make this a big thing like the Astrosā scandal, but itās just⦠not.
Judge looked a different way when he was at the plate in the eighth inning of Mondayās game. Thatās it. He did so when the Yankees were already up 6-0 and when Blue Jaysā Jay Jackson was pitching, a journeyman reliever who had just been called up.
Rather than accept the casual possibility that Jackson wasnāt pitching very well that night (he posted a 3.00 ERA over three innings pitched this season and was just optioned to Triple-A), Blue Jays fans chose to heckle a former MVP, four-time All-Star, and three-time Silver Slugger, not to mention the Yankees team captain.
Make it make sense.
The Yankees are currently up 1-0 at the top of the third. Keep your eyes peeled for any Judge homers ā Toronto will be looking that direction as well.