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WNBA rookie phenom Caitlin Clark was “most excited” to fulfill New York Yankees captain Aaron Judge throughout a go to to the Bronx on Saturday.
But she was nonetheless shocked by the sheer dimension of the person who awaited her.
Clark was a celeb visitor for the Yankees’ first sport of a doubleheader in opposition to the Texas Rangers.
She wore a customized Yankees residence jersey that included her title and her No. 22 and bought entry to the sector, the Yankees clubhouse and the YES Network broadcast sales space.
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Caitlin Clark and Juan Soto pose for a photograph earlier than a sport between the Texas Rangers and the New York Yankees. (New York Yankees/Getty Images)
When Clark joined Yankees broadcasters Michael Kay and Paul O’Neill on-air within the high of the third inning, she revealed her expertise of seeing Judge up shut for the primary time, admitting he was the participant she was most excited to fulfill.
“He’s huge. He’s pretty swole, too. Not just tall, he’s pretty sole,” Clark stated.
Judge’s 6-foot-7, 282-pound body blew previous her expectations.
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Aaron Judge and Caitlin Clark pose for a photograph earlier than a sport between the Texas Rangers and the New York Yankees at Yankee Stadium. (New York Yankees/Getty Images)
“He’s way bigger than even people think,” Clark stated. “You know he’s big, but then when you get next to him, it’s like, ‘Oh my gosh, you could probably play football, just about any sport you want to.’ He’d probably be pretty good at basketball, too. But, yeah, he’s a good guy, down-to-earth. … He’s like double my height.”
However, at 6-foot, 152-pound Clark is not that small.
Aaron Judge provides Caitlin Clark a pair of his cleats earlier than a sport between the Texas Rangers and the New York Yankees at Yankee Stadium. (New York Yankees/Getty Images)
The 22-year-old Clark was the primary total choose within the 2024 WNBA Draft by the Indiana Fever after a storied profession at Iowa. As a Hawkeye, Clark broke the NCAA report for many factors scored by a basketball participant, male or feminine.
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Clark had time to go to Yankee Stadium after she was controversially left off of the U.S. ladies’s Olympic basketball group. However, she was named a WNBA All-Star as a rookie and is a high contender for the league’s Rookie of The Year award.
Judge, 30, is within the midst of arguably the very best season of his profession. Judge is main all of baseball in residence runs with 41, RBIs with 105 and OPS with a 1.148, and he could possibly be nicely on his option to his second American League MVP.
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