{"id":1679414,"date":"2022-10-08T08:08:12","date_gmt":"2022-10-08T12:08:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1679414"},"modified":"2022-10-08T08:10:22","modified_gmt":"2022-10-08T12:10:22","slug":"jason-whitlock-explains-why-aaron-judges-record-breaking-62nd-home-run-was-ruined-and-how-its-a-symptom-of-a-destroyed-american-culture","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/jason-whitlock-explains-why-aaron-judges-record-breaking-62nd-home-run-was-ruined-and-how-its-a-symptom-of-a-destroyed-american-culture\/","title":{"rendered":"Jason Whitlock Explains Why Aaron Judge\u2019s Record Breaking 62nd Home Run Was Ruined and How It\u2019s a Symptom of a Destroyed American Culture"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">46<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fjason-whitlock-explains-why-aaron-judges-record-breaking-62nd-home-run-was-ruined-and-how-its-a-symptom-of-a-destroyed-american-culture%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1679414&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>The host of \u201cFearless with Jason Whitlock\u201d Jason Whitlock recently explained on his show why Aaron Judge\u2019s record breaking 62nd home run moment was ruined and why its a data point in how much American culture has been destroyed.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_5586\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5586\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-5586\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Aaron Judge via YESNetwork YouTube<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Judge hit his record breaking 62nd home run against the Texas Rangers back on October 4th.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">SIXTY-TWO! BASEBALL HISTORY! <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TheJudge44?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@TheJudge44<\/a> is the American League home run King! <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/QKrcuOvZMU\">pic.twitter.com\/QKrcuOvZMU<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 New York Yankees (@Yankees) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Yankees\/status\/1577451176429342727?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 5, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p class=\"title\"><strong>RELATED: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.boundingintosports.com\/2022\/10\/fan-who-caught-aaron-judges-62nd-home-run-ball-unsure-what-he-will-do-with-it-judge-says-hed-like-it-back\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Fan Who Caught Aaron Judge\u2019s 62nd Home Run Ball Unsure What He Will Do With It, Judge Says He\u2019d Like It Back<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The home run broke the American League single season record set by Roger Maris back in 1961. It also moved Judge into 7th all time behind Barry Bonds, Mark McGwire, and Sammy Sosa. Both Bonds and McGwire admitted to steroid use. Sosa denies he used steroids, but <a href=\"https:\/\/bleacherreport.com\/articles\/200767-no-shock-sosa-tests-positive-for-steroids-america-not-surprised\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Major League Baseball released a list<\/a> of 104 players who tested positive for steroids in 2003 and Sosa\u2019s name was on the list.<\/p>\n<p>Judge\u2019s achievement is historic. He broke a 61 year old record. However, in current American culture, Judge\u2019s historic season is being treated as just another headline argues Jason Whitlock.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_5587\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5587\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-5587\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Aaron-Judge.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1000\" height=\"534\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Aaron-Judge.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/www.boundingintosports.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Aaron-Judge-300x160.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Aaron-Judge-768x410-1.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Aaron-Judge-480x256-1.jpg 480w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Aaron-Judge-600x320-1.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Aaron-Judge-750x401-1.jpg 750w\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-5587\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Aaron Judge via MLB YouTube<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Whitlock begins his show saying, \u201cThis should be the biggest story in sports, but it\u2019s not. And it\u2019s an indication of how much we have destroyed America and destroyed American culture. Who the Jets play this weekend will be a bigger deal than what Aaron Judge did last night hitting home run 62.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"video-block full\">\n<div class=\"video-player youtube\">[embedded content]<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>He then states, \u201cAnd there are two culprits for ruining this moment: America and its instant gratification culture that we\u2019ve established. That\u2019s why Major League Baseball looked the other way when all of its players were abusing steroids. We wanted the instant gratification of all the home runs from Mark McGwire to Sammy Sosa to Barry Bonds. Because we wanted to fix baseball instantly. And so everybody looked the other way as guys \u2018roided up and knocked home runs every which way.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf we hadn\u2019t been an instant gratification society what Aaron Judge did last night would be one of the biggest moments in sports and the biggest moment in baseball since Hank Aaron surpassed Babe Ruth,\u201d Whitlock asserts. \u201cBut it\u2019s not a big deal. It\u2019s a nice little deal. It\u2019s a nice little story, but it\u2019s not what it should be.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_5831\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5831\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-5831\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Aaron-Judge2.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1115\" height=\"558\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Aaron-Judge2.png 1115w, https:\/\/www.boundingintosports.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Aaron-Judge2-300x150.png 300w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Aaron-Judge2-768x384-1.png 768w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Aaron-Judge2-750x375-1.png 750w\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-5831\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Aaron Judge via MLB YouTube<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"title\"><strong>RELATED: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.boundingintosports.com\/2022\/10\/jason-whitlock-takes-tom-brady-to-the-woodshed-says-he-has-no-sacred-honor-for-having-antonio-brown-in-his-home-and-win-at-all-costs-mentality\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Jason Whitlock Takes Tom Brady To The Woodshed Says He Has \u201cNo Sacred Honor\u201d For Having Antonio Brown In His Home And Win At All Costs Mentality<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cPoint number two on how we ruined the Aaron Judge story. This guy is biracial. He was given up for adoption and he was adopted by two white parents. This should be an amazing feel good story about second chances in America and how people rally around each other,\u201d Whitlock argues. \u201cAnd for babies, little kids given up for adoption not wanted by their parents.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis family, the Judge family, brings this kid into their home and raise one of the greatest athletes, one of the greatest baseball players now of all time. We should be celebrating this story and celebrating America, and celebrating people like the Judge family that bring kids like Aaron Judge in their home and raise them as if they\u2019re their own kids. But we destroyed that too,\u201d he proclaims.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_5828\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5828\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-5828\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Aaron-Judge.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1115\" height=\"561\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Aaron-Judge.png 1115w, https:\/\/www.boundingintosports.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Aaron-Judge-300x151.png 300w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Aaron-Judge-768x386-1.png 768w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Aaron-Judge-750x377-1.png 750w\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-5828\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Aaron Judge via YESNetwork YouTube<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cBecause everything in America now has some kind of negative racial connotation,\u201d he points out. \u201cThere was a family in California, another family, white family, that took Colin Kaepernic in, raised him up, he becomes a Super Bowl contending quarterback. But we\u2019ve so racialized things and turned everything so negative, Colin Kaepernick put out a Netflix movie taking a dump on the very people who saved him and breathed life into him. That\u2019s where we are in America.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe can\u2019t celebrate or appreciate the good things, the Christian things that go on here in America,\u201d Whitlock claims. \u201cAaron Judge should be at the top of everybody\u2019s conversation today, but he won\u2019t be. Other than this we\u2019ll have a small little conversation about it today on today\u2019s show, but we\u2019re gonna move on and talk football and talk all these others things because we\u2019ve destroyed baseball. We\u2019ve destroyed American culture. We can\u2019t even feel good about things we should feel awesome about.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_5588\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5588\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-5588\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Aaron-Judge6.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1057\" height=\"525\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Aaron-Judge6.png 1057w, https:\/\/www.boundingintosports.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Aaron-Judge6-300x149.png 300w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Aaron-Judge6-768x381-1.png 768w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Aaron-Judge6-750x373-1.png 750w\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-5588\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Aaron Judge via MLB YouTube<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"title\"><strong>RELATED: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.boundingintosports.com\/2022\/09\/jason-whitlock-calls-out-south-carolina-basketball-coach-dawn-staleys-hypocrisy-tells-her-to-cancel-games-against-memphis-due-to-violent-crime\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Jason Whitlock Calls Out South Carolina Basketball Coach Dawn Staley\u2019s Hypocrisy, Tells Her To Cancel Games Against Memphis Due To Violent Crime<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cAaron Judge is an underdog story of the ages, an example of America\u2019s grace, mercy, and love for each other, love for humanity,\u201d he relays. \u201cBut we can\u2019t celebrate it. We can\u2019t use Aaron Judge to further some narrative that America is some evil, racist place so we\u2019re going to ignore it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnd we let a bunch of baseball players cheat their way to home run records and so it\u2019s not as special as it should be,\u201d Whitlock bemoans. \u201cThat\u2019s on us. We did that. We can wag our fingers at the left, but we allowed the left to do this. We allowed Major League Baseball to look the other way. It\u2019s on all of us.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe spoiled the Aaron Judge story. Should be one of the most incredible stories in sports; it\u2019s not. We\u2019ll spend more time talking about the Jets and whoever they play this weekend,\u201d he concluded.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_5907\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5907\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-5907\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Jason-Whitlock3.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1043\" height=\"532\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Jason-Whitlock3.png 1043w, https:\/\/www.boundingintosports.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Jason-Whitlock3-300x153.png 300w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Jason-Whitlock3-768x392-1.png 768w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Jason-Whitlock3-750x383-1.png 750w\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-5907\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Jason Whitlock via Jason Whitlock YouTube<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Judge\u2019s story is definitely an underdog story, and it should be celebrated, but it\u2019s also not over. Judge has eyes on a World Series.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s an exciting time of the year,\u201d he said. \u201cThis is what we\u2019re looking forward to. Like I said in Toronto we were able to get that first step out of the way, clinching the division, now it\u2019s time to guys to rest up. Hopefully, we can get some guys back from the IL and this is the fun part of the year. This is going to be a fun group of guys to go to battle with here down the stretch.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"video-block full\">\n<div class=\"video-player youtube\">[embedded content]<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>There\u2019s also plenty of time to reclaim and reinvigorate American culture. We just have to put in the hard work. We have to be willing to sacrifice, to face persecution, but most importantly we must build it on the foundation of Christ.<\/p>\n<p>St. Paul wrote to the Corinthians, \u201cAccording to the grace of God given to me, like a wise master builder I laid a foundation, and another is building upon it. But each one must be careful how he builds upon it, for no one can lay a foundation other than the one that is there, namely, Jesus Christ.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_5909\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5909\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-5909\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Aaron-Judge3.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1057\" height=\"529\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Aaron-Judge3.png 1057w, https:\/\/www.boundingintosports.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Aaron-Judge3-300x150.png 300w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Aaron-Judge3-768x384-1.png 768w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Aaron-Judge3-750x375-1.png 750w\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-5909\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Aaron Judge via YESNetwork YouTube<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>What do you make of Whitlock\u2019s analysis?<\/p>\n<p><strong>NEXT: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.boundingintosports.com\/2022\/09\/new-york-yankees-slugger-aaron-judge-explains-how-he-tries-to-live-his-life-always-trust-the-man-above-and-what-hes-got-in-store-for-us\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">New York Yankees Slugger Aaron Judge Explains How He Tries To Live His Life: \u201cAlways Trust The Man Above And What He\u2019s Got In Store For Us\u201d<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The host of \u201cFearless with Jason Whitlock\u201d Jason Whitlock recently explained on his show why Aaron Judge\u2019s record breaking 62nd home run moment was ruined and why its a data<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1663981,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1679414","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1679414","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1679414"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1679414\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1663981"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1679414"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1679414"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1679414"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}