Did Aaron Judge Accidentally Give Knicks’ Julius Randle Some Fake Jerseys?

Major League Baseball’s first day of play came and went quickly. The New York Yankees made it a good one, as every baseball fan excitedly awaited the game coming back on after months of no-shows. They accomplished this by defeating the San Francisco Giants by a commanding score of 5-0. Aaron Judge, the Yankees captain at the time, won people over by hitting a home run to help his team win and by making a kind gesture that quickly melted the fan base.

We are confident that when Aaron Judge sent Julius Randle and his kid this special present, he did so with good intentions. The slugger made the decision to do this for a fellow athlete star after the New York Yankees just played their first MLB game last week.

Did Aaron Judge Accidentally Give Knicks’ Julius Randle Some Fake Jerseys?

Yet, ardent Yankees supporters are fast realising what Aaron Judge did was a grave error in judgement in their view. Those who are familiar with New York Yankees memorabilia will tell you that player-specific club jerseys are not sold. Aaron may have sent bogus jerseys along with the present in order to make them know it was from him.

Judge received some harsh teasing from fans in response to his gift of merchandise after just agreeing to a $360 million contract deal with the Yankees. Even if it is unquestionably a thoughtful deed on his part, folks who are familiar with baseball will instantly notice this tiny detail.

The entire point of donning a Yankees jersey is to allow others to identify whose player’s uniform they are wearing by merely glancing at the number. If you see Aaron Judge’s jersey on the street without a name, anybody in the world can identify it as his since he wears the number “99.” The name is worn by certain MLB clubs on the back, however the Yankees are infamous for not doing so.

Numbers first appeared on the back of players’ uniforms when the New York Yankees themselves established them in 1929, making them a part of New York history. Lou Gehrig wore No. 4, and Babe Ruth wore that recognisable No. 3. As a result, the Yankees made the decision to differentiate themselves from the other MLB clubs by never again using numbers on the back.

Simply said, the New York Yankees are unique. The only other MLB team without names on the back is the Boston Red Sox, who have long been the Yankees’ archrival. We can only think of two explanations for Judge’s actions. He either didn’t sign the jersey because he was too indolent or believed Randle and his kid wouldn’t notice.

 

 

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