Judge chips tooth on helmet celebrating Yankees' walk-off
Brett Gardner's 11th-inning walk-off blast against the Tampa Bay Rays cost New York Yankees outfielder Aaron Judge a tooth.
As the naturally excited Yankees celebrated Gardner's game-winning home run at home plate Thursday, Judge was struck in the mouth by someone's stray helmet, and immediately headed toward the clubhouse.
BE CAREFUL @TheJudge44! pic.twitter.com/ofS3EpMO1p
— Jimmy Traina (@JimmyTraina) July 28, 2017
According to MLB.com's Bryan Hoch, citing the Yankees' public relations team, Judge did in fact chip one of his teeth - reminding us that Judge really is human, after all - though, he will be fine to play Friday against the Rays.
That didn't stop the Yankees from sending out security onto the field postgame in an attempt to recover Judge's long-lost tooth (seriously):
No joke - Yankees security is inspecting the field, apparently looking for Aaron Judge's tooth. pic.twitter.com/QdyEqXOejV
— Bryan Hoch (@BryanHoch) July 28, 2017
Yankee security searching for the tooth pic.twitter.com/aYUyJ7cm5K
— Andrew Marchand (@AndrewMarchand) July 28, 2017