Aaron Judge continues his recent success on MLB Opening Day by launching a 422 foot home run in his first at-bat of the season

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The slugger for the New York Yankees just broke the AL single-season home run record.

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He began the Yankees' 5-0 victory over the San Francisco Giants' Logan Webb on Thursday with a first-inning home run to open his 2023 season.

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As Judge returned to the bench his teammates who were in midseason form greeted him with individual cheers. What a strong beginning.

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It would be cliche to predict Judge's total number of home runs based on this performance in such a situation. Let's use cliches now.

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However Judge struck out in his second at-bat and he ended the day 2-for-4 with the single home run two RBIs and two strikeouts.

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The defending AL MVP is off to a great start in the Bronx though.

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Not just Judge had a noteworthy 2023 Yankee Stadium debut.

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On a day when offense other than home runs was hard to come by every starting pitcher set his team's Opening Day strikeout record.

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With 12 strikeouts and two walks over six innings Webb outperformed Cole. Due to the four earned runs he gave up he was defeated.

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