“Could Tell He Didn’t Want to Do It” – Aaron Judge Reveals the Moment His Father Became His Childhood Hero

Parents are meant to help kids grow in every sense. In the case of Aaron Judge, his parents might not be his biological parents but they helped him grow into the phenomenal person he is today. His parents’ only aim for their kids was to help them become good human beings first and then anyone else. 

Watching Judge as a person and how deal with things shows his parents’ upbringing. The humility in him and the desire to help others while still focusing on the goal is not easy. But he still does it. 

While Judge cherishes and loves both his parents equally, he considers his father, Wayne Judge, to be his hero. He holds his parents to such high values that he even gave his 61st home run ball to his mother as a gift. 

Why does Aaron Judge consider his father his hero?

Growing up, every kid wants the time to bond with their parents. But if the parents are working and come home tired, they sometimes say no. It is understandable for a parent to say no, but this was different for Judge. However tired his father was from work, whenever he asked him to play with him, he never heard a no. 

In his words, “Looking back on those childhood memories, I could tell he didn’t want to do it. I could tell he was tired. He’d had a long day of work. But he never said no. He never complained, nothing. So for me, that’s why he’s still the hero in my eyes.”

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Judge grew up with such love and teachings that he considered even trash-picking a time to bond with his friends. Picking up trash is not something a teenager usually enjoys. 

How did Judge handle the news of being adopted?

Somehow Judge knew or he had a hint that he might be adopted. The reason behind it might have been his non-resemblance to his parents. Therefore, one day he asked them about it.

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They sat him down and broke the news that he is adopted. Judge just said, okay, and asked if he could go and play. Because it did not matter one bit to him if Patty and Wayne Judge weren’t his biological parents. According to him, there will always be only one set of parents he will know and love.