The World Motivation
For me, the strike zone has always been, If it's something I can drive, it's most likely a strike. I feel like if it's a ball I really can't do much with, it's most likely a ball. So that's just always been my approach.
“For me, the strike zone has always been, If it's something I can drive, it's most likely a strike. I feel like if it's a ball I really can't do much with, it's most likely a ball. So that's just always been my approach.”
— Aaron Judge · Strike
For me, the strike zone has always been, If it's something I can drive, it's most likely a strike. I feel like if it's a ball I really can't do much with, it's most likely a ball. So that's just always been my approach.
You can never come into the spring feeling like you've got a guaranteed spot. Once you do that, you kind of get stagnant, and someone's going to pass you up.
When I think about 2017, I feel like it was just another year. It was a whirlwind, but I wouldn't have wanted it to play out any other way. I'm glad I was in New York. There's nowhere else I would rather play, and there's no other group of teammates that I would rather be around.
I'd rather be in a good position in the playoffs and holding up a World Series trophy than holding up an MVP trophy.
That's why you get three of them. Say you get one that you don't think is a strike, and they call it on you: that's why you get two more.
I'm not gonna wrestle you, I'm not gonna strike you, I'm not gonna jiu-jitsu you, I'm gonna fight you.
I told everybody I can strike with anyone.
I've been able to throw it for a strike, which has helped. If I'm not able to do that, I'm not going to have success with it.
Firefighters don't go on strike.