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Fan who caught Aaron Judge's 62nd home run unsure what he'll do with it

Fan who caught Aaron Judge's 62nd home run unsure what he'll do with it
So it's like oh 56 57 58 59 now he's at 60. It's like awesome. It's like how does he, I mean he just hits the ball and it's just out of the park out of the park. It's awesome. The new york Yankees, Aaron judge now tied with babe ruth 60 home runs so far in *** single season. I don't think just any old guy off the street could be able to do that. I think he's just special special putting it lightly. He is now one home run away from tying the american league record. He did what he does, he does what he did and what he did and does started right here in Lindon California. It's just *** country town, *** small town with Lyndon High School and its athletic department at its core. Mark Miller coached the baseball, great in football as he grew, his talent grew and he just wished heights that speak for itself right now. He was the most valuable player in our conference in football, basketball and baseball. And that's almost unheard of his ability. It's obvious his physical height it dominates, but his heart, you can't measure it by golly. He just makes you feel so good. He remembers everybody has *** good smile on his face and you know, he talks about you and not about him is what he does. It's something you cannot teach. But it's the very thing helping him make history. You know, he's one of those fellows that you know, there's *** process and an outcome. Most kids want to get to the outcome without going through the process. But those who go through the process are rewarded with the outcome, and that's where he is right now in Lyndon Britney, Hope KCRA- three news.
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Fan who caught Aaron Judge's 62nd home run unsure what he'll do with it
As he walked through a concourse in the outfield at Globe Life Field, high-fiving with fans and surrounded by a sea of cameras, it was almost as if Cory Youmans had hit a huge home run.Instead, he hit the jackpot.Youmans made the catch of a lifetime Tuesday night, snagging the ball New York Yankees slugger Aaron Judge launched for his American League-record 62nd homer.The historic souvenir came sailing into the front row of section 31 in left field, a drive Judge hit to lead off the second game of a day-night doubleheader against the Texas Rangers. Youmans snared it on the fly.Youmans, from Dallas, works in the financial world and there's no telling yet what the ball could be worth. With security personnel around him as he took the ball to be authenticated, he was asked what he planned to do with the prize.“Good question. I haven’t thought about it," he said.After the Yankees lost 3-2, Judge said he didn’t have possession of the home-run ball.“I don’t know where it’s at,” he said. “We’ll see what happens with that. It would be great to get it back, but that’s a souvenir for a fan. He made a great catch out there, and they’ve got every right to it.”Soon after a local TV station posted a brief interview with Youmans in a walkway, Bri Amaranthus tweeted: “THIS IS MY HUSBAND.”Amaranthus works in local media and is an alum of ABC’s “The Bachelor.”Youmans was among the crowd of 38,832, the largest to watch a baseball game at the 3-year-old ballpark.Many fans came clad in Yankees caps, T-shirts and pinstripe jerseys.Some came to watch Judge make history. Some came just for the history. Some traveled a long way.The latter two categories included Jimmy Bennicaso of Norwalk, Connecticut.“I’m a Met fan, actually,” Bennicaso confessed. “Cowboy and Met fan — a rough combo.”Bennicaso was home in Connecticut on Monday night having watched Judge fail to homer in the first of four games against the Rangers in three days. He ran an idea past his girlfriend — what if he headed to Texas to take in Judge’s chase in person?“She said, ‘Yeah, go for it,'" he said.Bennicaso caught a morning flight to Texas. Being self-employed in real estate investments helped, he said.Bennicaso stationed himself in the lower deck of the right-field stands in hopes of grabbing an opposite-field homer, certainly a possibility given Judge’s spray chart.Instead, Judge pulled a home run that broke the AL record set by Roger Maris in 1961.Empty-handed, Bennicaso planned to return home Wednesday morning.“It was worth it,” he said. “I gave it my best shot.”

As he walked through a concourse in the outfield at Globe Life Field, high-fiving with fans and surrounded by a sea of cameras, it was almost as if Cory Youmans had hit a huge home run.

Instead, he hit the jackpot.

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Youmans made the catch of a lifetime Tuesday night, snagging the ball New York Yankees slugger Aaron Judge launched for his American League-record 62nd homer.

The historic souvenir came sailing into the front row of section 31 in left field, a drive Judge hit to lead off the second game of a day-night doubleheader against the Texas Rangers. Youmans snared it on the fly.

Youmans, from Dallas, works in the financial world and there's no telling yet what the ball could be worth. With security personnel around him as he took the ball to be authenticated, he was asked what he planned to do with the prize.

“Good question. I haven’t thought about it," he said.

After the Yankees lost 3-2, Judge said he didn’t have possession of the home-run ball.

“I don’t know where it’s at,” he said. “We’ll see what happens with that. It would be great to get it back, but that’s a souvenir for a fan. He made a great catch out there, and they’ve got every right to it.”

Soon after a local TV station posted a brief interview with Youmans in a walkway, Bri Amaranthus tweeted: “THIS IS MY HUSBAND.”

Amaranthus works in local media and is an alum of ABC’s “The Bachelor.”

Youmans was among the crowd of 38,832, the largest to watch a baseball game at the 3-year-old ballpark.

Many fans came clad in Yankees caps, T-shirts and pinstripe jerseys.

Some came to watch Judge make history. Some came just for the history. Some traveled a long way.

The latter two categories included Jimmy Bennicaso of Norwalk, Connecticut.

“I’m a Met fan, actually,” Bennicaso confessed. “Cowboy and Met fan — a rough combo.”

Bennicaso was home in Connecticut on Monday night having watched Judge fail to homer in the first of four games against the Rangers in three days. He ran an idea past his girlfriend — what if he headed to Texas to take in Judge’s chase in person?

“She said, ‘Yeah, go for it,'" he said.

Bennicaso caught a morning flight to Texas. Being self-employed in real estate investments helped, he said.

Bennicaso stationed himself in the lower deck of the right-field stands in hopes of grabbing an opposite-field homer, certainly a possibility given Judge’s spray chart.

Instead, Judge pulled a home run that broke the AL record set by Roger Maris in 1961.

Empty-handed, Bennicaso planned to return home Wednesday morning.

“It was worth it,” he said. “I gave it my best shot.”