Aaron judge reaches 300 homers adds intrigue to his climb on the alltime list recent weeks a turning discourse about facing Aaron judge into deep discussions on the intentional walk echoing the era when Barry Bonds frequently faced being walked on purpose so it seemed fitting a big milestone for judge would occur following an intentional walk the same maneuver recent opposing managers John Schneider and Ron Washington spoke openly about Grady seore less than a week on the job with the white socks may have been thinking honestly I didn't want to see him swing the bat that mindset probably explains why the first three pitches were well out of the strike zone as much as Gian Carlo Stanton was motivated by seeing judge intentionally walked ahead of him on Sunday it seems so was Judge normally a 30 count is a classic waste pitch the pitcher throws a pitch in the strike zone and the batter does not move this time judge did not seem miffed but more like stunned someone would be intentionally walked ahead of him perhaps it explains why he reached for the inside pitch and the ball wound up in the back of the white sock Bullpen for his 300th career Homer I was mad about the intentional walk so that kind of fueled judge told reporters in Chicago usually 3 Z I'll take a pitch see a pitch kind of pass it on to the next guy but in that situation if they don't want to pitch to you you got to come through those were similar comments Stanton made Sunday after hitting his 422nd career Homer it's part of the game Stanton said Sunday he's an all-time Talent so that happens I got to do what happened today in order for it not to happen it's part of the game you have some fun with it not only did Judge become the 1062 player to reach the Milestone and the 14th active player to get there he achieved it quicker than anyone else judge got the 300th in his 95th career game which essentially means judge homers once every three games