With Main League Baseball history at the time all over again on the line Tuesday night time at Rogers Centre, William Chong suggests sitting in the outfield is a tiny bit like keeping a lottery ticket.
That’s for the reason that New York Yankees star Aaron Judge continues to be at 60 home operates, a single shy of Roger Maris’ American League report which has stood for a whopping 61 decades.
Blue Jays followers observing their crew transfer closer to a playoff spot could be hoping Choose is held hitless, though the 6-ft, 7-inches tall slugger has a great deal of followers below and other individuals will be hoping he cracks a homer just for the possibility at a big payday at the ballpark.
“There’s a excellent chance he’ll hit 61 and 62 in Toronto this 7 days,” mentioned Chong, a memoabilia collector who owns Dolly’s Toys and Game titles in Scarborough. Really should that transpire, these will probably be really rewarding baseballs for any individual who catches them.
“[62 is] likely to be a seven-determine payout for whoever ends up catching it, which is sort of ridiculous for a baseball,” Chong explained.
Decide singled, walked two times and struck out 2 times in the course of Monday’s activity versus the Jays to continue being at 60 house operates — leaving him with two extra opportunities to access the report in Toronto.
The Blue Jays (87-67) stopped the Yankees (94-59) seven-game win streak Monday with a 3-2 victory in 10 innings.
With five typical period games at the Rogers Centre remaining, the Blue Jays activity the fourth-ideal household document in the American League at 44-32, powering the Yankees (56-22), Tampa Bay (51-30) and Houston (50-23).
Toronto Maple Leafs superstar Auston Matthews will throw the to start with pitch on Tuesday.
