Look: Judge towering over Altuve is a sight to behold
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We knew this was going to happen.
That doesn't make it any less amazing, though.
In the first inning of Sunday's matchup between the Houston Astros and New York Yankees, colossal slugging rookie Aaron Judge smacked a double that allowed him to stand next to 5-foot-6 second baseman Jose Altuve, the shortest player in the major leagues.
The resulting photos of the encounter were all that we had hoped for and much more:
I know this feeling. pic.twitter.com/99sA9jLo9z
— Casey Stern (@CaseyStern) July 2, 2017
The co-leaders in the AL batting race pic.twitter.com/KdOBF2pcqd
— David Adler (@_dadler) July 2, 2017