It is possible, in 2024, to go to the ballpark and watch the most talented hitter in baseball history.
This is the sort of grandiosity and presentism that baseball fans, who worship the old gods of the sport, typically do not stomach. And it’s true that Aaron James Judge has not had the career of Babe Ruth, Ted Williams, Willie Mays, Mickey Mantle, Lou Gehrig, or even Barry Bonds, who played as well as all five but will forever be tainted by his steroid scandals.