- The New York City metropolitan area was hit by the earthquake at 11 a.m. Friday
- Despite the earthquake, the Yankees’ game against the Toronto Blue Jays still went ahead
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A nervous Aaron Judge chose to plead the fifth when asked where he was during Friday’s earthquake in New York.
The New York City An earthquake struck the metropolitan area shortly before 11 a.m. Friday, with the US Geological Survey reporting the epicenter was near Lebanon. New Jersey.
Ahead of their 1 p.m. home opener against the Toronto Blue Jays, Bergen Record’s Pete Caldera reported that everyone at Yankee Stadium “definitely felt the ground shaking” when the magnitude 4.7 quake struck, although batting practice would be without interruption continued.
However, Judge was apparently not practicing with his teammates at the time the earthquake started rumbling.
When asked where he was at his post-game press conference, the red-faced Yankees superstar laughed: “I don’t want to say that.”
Aaron Judge declined to comment when asked where he was during the New York earthquake
Yankee Stadium was reported to be shaking after the earthquake struck Friday morning
The US Geological Survey reported the earthquake at a preliminary magnitude of 4.7
A team official then said: ‘Yes, that is absolutely no comment.’
Fans quickly speculated about where Judge was at the time of the earthquake, with the most popular theory being that he was using the restroom.
“He definitely took a #2,” one user wrote on X.
Another simply put: ‘100% take as**t’.
“Definitely in the bathroom,” said a third.
While one user joked: ‘He definitely felt a “little rumble”’.
Wherever he was, Judge certainly felt the force of the rare East Coast quake, which stretched from eastern Pennsylvania to western Connecticut.
“Yes, I felt that foreplay,” he added. “Normally you feel a few rumbles in this pre-match in the stadium, but this one was a little different.”
Judge and the Yankees suffered a loss in their home opener against the Toronto Blue Jays
The Yankees then suffered a loss to the Blue Jays, who won 3-0 that day.
Pinch-hitter Ernie Clement had a tiebreaking solo home run off Caleb Ferguson to lead off the seventh inning, while Juan Soto went 0 for 4 with a pair of strikeouts in his pinstripes debutS.
Soto bowed to the fans in right field in the top of the first inning and was greeted with a standing ovation when he came to the plate in the bottom half. Soto is on a 1-for-16 slide after a 9-for-17 start.