ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — As he walked by means of a concourse within the outfield at Globe Life Field, high-fiving with followers and surrounded by a sea of cameras, it was virtually as if Cory Youmans had hit an enormous residence run.
Instead, he hit the jackpot.
Youmans made the catch of a lifetime Tuesday night time, snagging the ball New York Yankees slugger Aaron Judge launched for his American League-record 62nd homer.
The historic memento got here crusing into the entrance row of part 31 in left subject, a drive Judge hit to steer off the second recreation of a day-night doubleheader in opposition to the Texas Rangers. Youmans snared it on the fly.
Youmans, from Dallas, works within the monetary world and there’s no telling but what the ball might be value. With safety personnel round him as he took the ball to be authenticated, he was requested what he deliberate to do with the prize.
“Good question. I haven’t thought about it,” he mentioned.
After the Yankees misplaced 3-2, Judge mentioned he didn’t have possession of the home-run ball.
“I don’t know where it’s at,” he mentioned. “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 neighborhood TV station posted a quick interview with Youmans in a walkway, Bri Amaranthus tweeted: “THIS IS MY HUSBAND.”
Amaranthus works in native media and is an alum of ABC’s “The Bachelor.”
Youmans was among the many crowd of 38,832, the biggest to observe a baseball recreation on the 3-year-old ballpark.
Many followers got here clad in Yankees caps, T-shirts and pinstripe jerseys.
Some got here to observe Judge make historical past. Some got here only for the historical past. Some traveled a good distance.
The latter two classes included Jimmy Bennicaso of Norwalk, Connecticut.
“I’m a Met fan, actually,” Bennicaso confessed. “Cowboy and Met fan — a rough combo.”
Bennicaso was residence in Connecticut on Monday night time having watched Judge fail to homer within the first of 4 video games in opposition to the Rangers in three days. He ran an thought previous his girlfriend — what if he headed to Texas to absorb Judge’s chase in particular person?
“She said, ‘Yeah, go for it,’” he mentioned.
Bennicaso caught a morning flight to Texas. Being self-employed in actual property investments helped, he mentioned.
Bennicaso stationed himself within the decrease deck of the right-field stands in hopes of grabbing an opposite-field homer, definitely a chance given Judge’s spray chart.
Instead, Judge pulled a house run that broke the AL report set by Roger Maris in 1961.
Empty-handed, Bennicaso deliberate to return residence Wednesday morning.
“It was worth it,” he mentioned. “I gave it my best shot.”
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