Aaron Judge Talks About Wearing Yankees Uniform At Mlb All-star Game, Home Run Derby

ATLANTA – The 2025 MLB All-Star game was 1 for nan history books. 

For nan first clip successful nan history of nan Midsummer Classic, a swing-off was needed to find a winner. 

Aaron Judge, MLB's second-leading location tally hitter, was noticeably absent from nan group of AL Home Run Derby-style participants.

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Aaron Judge of nan New York Yankees bats during nan 4th inning of nan MLB All-Star Game astatine Truist Park July 15, 2025, successful Atlanta. (Jamie Squire/Getty Images)

Los Angeles Dodgers skipper Dave Roberts and nan Yankees' Aaron Boone were nan managers for this year's All-Star crippled aft their teams met successful past season's World Series.

Boone addressed concerns complete his subordinate action for nan swing-off, saying each head was required to taxable 3 names nan time earlier nan event. He added that his determination was based connected nan thought Judge would not beryllium successful nan All-Star crippled successful nan precocious innings.

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"We had to prime our guys yesterday," Boone said during a postgame news conference. "Wanted to make judge I picked guys I knew would beryllium successful nan crippled location and still hot. That was my choice."

American League head Aaron Boone of nan New York Yankees reacts aft nan ninth inning during nan 2025 MLB All Star Game astatine Truist Park successful Atlanta July 15, 2025. (Brett Davis/Imagn Images)

Athletics prima Brent Rooker, Mariners outfielder Randy Arozarena and Rays subordinate Jonathan Aranda were nan 3 AL players who participated successful nan swing-off.

Phillies prima Kyle Schwarber deed 3 location runs to assistance nan NL to an All-Star crippled triumph and was named nan game's MVP.

Judge backs determination to return to players wearing their team's uniforms

The New York Yankees' Aaron Judge runs to first aft hitting a two-run location tally successful nan first inning against nan Kansas City Royals June 10, 2025, successful Kansas City, Mo.  (AP Photo/Ed Zurga)

For nan first clip successful 4 years, awesome convention players took nan section for an All-Star crippled wearing nan uniforms of nan teams they play for. Since nan Atlanta Braves are a National League club, nan NL All-Stars wore their achromatic location uniforms. The AL All-Stars wore their grey roadworthy uniforms. 

In nan past fewer years, players were fixed specially designed All-Star uniforms.

"I wanted to spell retired location and correspond New York, truthful I conscionable benignant of thought astir each nan first-time All-Stars," nan Yankees slugger told Fox News Digital successful nan American League clubhouse conscionable hours earlier nan first transportation astatine Tuesday's MLB All-Star game. 

"I conscionable benignant of voiced (my sentiment connected nan situation). I wouldn't opportunity it was my telephone aliases anything. … Like, I deliberation it's cool for nan fans too. I retrieve arsenic a kid turning connected nan each nan aged All-Star games (on TV) and seeing nan players successful their uniforms."

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Judge talks Home Run Derby 

When asked astir his thoughts connected nan Home Run Derby, Judge said pinch a smile, "I already did it. I don't cognize what other you want from me.

"I deliberation it's clip for personification other to measurement up and do their point and person nosy with. I emotion seeing caller faces successful nan crippled spell retired location and do their thing."

Jazz Chisholm Jr. represented nan Yankees Monday nighttime successful nan Home Run Derby. The 2nd baseman had nan lowest location tally full of nan participants and grounded to beforehand past nan first round.

Judge remained supportive of his teammate and hinted Chisholm has his oculus connected chance astatine redemption successful 2026.

"It's his first one. It's a large moment, but I cognize he's ever fresh for nan large moment. But I deliberation he sewage a guidelines deed successful nan crippled tonight, truthful he was conscionable staying fresh for nan All-Star game. My guy's an All-Star. He said he's going to do it again adjacent twelvemonth if he gets 20 homers. So, I deliberation he'll beryllium connected a revenge circuit for adjacent season."

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