Yankees’ Slugger Aaron Judge on Record Home Run Pace

And now for your sports news we're joined by NTD's Dave Martin. Dave, plenty going on today but let's start in baseball. As the Yankees slugger Aaron Judge hit two more home runs yesterday to give him a league high of 51 on the season. Is there a sense he could break his own record? I mean there is now. He has really been on fire lately. I mean those were his you know his seven home runs of the last six games, 10 in his last 13. He's now on pace for 63 home runs which would just put him past his previous American League record of 62 set just two years ago. It was just part of a Yankees win yesterday and they now have a one-half game lead over Baltimore in the ALEs. Now back to Judge. The 51 home runs before September that's the sixth most all-time and of course September is still a week away so we could add to it. Now if you're looking at the MVP race most have Judge and Kansas City's Bobby Witt as the leaders but if Judge breaks his own American League home run record I would think he gets the nod. But there's still of course 30 games left to decide this. Well staying in baseball there was quite an oddity today as Boston catcher Danny Jensen became the first player to play for both teams during the same game. How did that happen? Well it happened because today's game actually started back in June. It was delayed by rain in the second inning on June 26th when Jensen was a catcher for Toronto. Now Jensen was actually at the plate fouled off the first pitch when they had to stop the game bring out the tarps and eventually delay the game. Then in the two months in between he was traded from the Blue Jays the Red Sox so when play resumed today he was on the other team Boston he was the catcher behind the plate so when play resumed of course they had announced a pinch hitter for him who inherited the 0-1 count that he had two months prior. So he actually played defense and offense in the same inning. That's the first time in the 150 years of baseball that happened. Now as for the game Toronto won 4-1 so he won and he lost today. Well moving to tennis news the U.S. Open begins today right here in New York. Who are some of the favorites to win? Well on the women's side Coco Gauff she's a reigning champion and as an American she'll definitely have the benefit of the crowd cheering her on. Now she struggled a little bit this summer but she did win in straight sets today to advance. You know also on the women's side number one she's a favorite to win wherever she plays. Men's side you got 37-year-old Novak Djokovic along with several players much younger than he is including Carlos Alcarez and Yannick Sinner. Now Djokovic won Olympic gold a few weeks ago still this has been a down year for him comparatively no major titles yet we did finish runner-up in Wimbledon. Alcarez meanwhile he's won four majors he's still only 21 years old. If he wins this one or the Australian Open in January he'll be that'll be the most grand slam titles before the age of 22 and he has had the upper hand over Djokovic lately at least until the Olympic gold medal match that is but he is my pick let's come out on top here. Well moving to NFL news Dallas Cowboys wide receiver CeeDee Lamb ended his holdout today after reportedly agreeing to a record-breaking contract. Now what does his signing mean for the team? I mean on the field it's huge because he's right there with Justin Jefferson and Tyree Kills one of the best receivers in the game. Lamb actually read the league in receptions last year second in receiving yards plus he's very versatile he can play in the slots or on the outside as well. Now his contract is according to ESPN four-year 136 million dollar deal that 34 million dollar per year average that's the second highest for in the league for a wide receiver. Now hopefully they'll leave just enough room for them to sign Dak Prescott with their quarterback. Now quarterbacks are generally the most expensive and Prescott's contract runs out after the season and they cannot use a franchise tag on it so there's a lot of urgency to get that done so it's a very good day for the Dallas Cowboys. Well Davis always thanks for joining us. Well thank you.