Curt Schilling puts Aaron Judge's home run mark in historical perspective, reveals his AL MVP

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Three-time World Series champion Curt Schilling said Thursday that he recognized Aaron Judge’s 61st home run as tying the "real" home run record, knowing that the New York Yankees slugger didn’t cheat to do it.

Schilling appeared on OutKick’s "Don’t @ Me with Dan Dakich" and explained that he doesn’t recognize the home run marks that Barry Bonds, Mark McGwire or Sammy Sosa set during their home run escapades because of their links to performance-enhancing drugs.

"I don’t recognize anything that Sammy or Barry did knowing full well they had cheated. I don’t recognize any of that. That’s just personal," Schilling said. "To me, that’s how I view it. The same reason why I wouldn’t vote for anybody that I knew did steroids for the Hall of Fame. I just wouldn’t do it. It doesn’t mean they don’t belong, doesn’t mean they aren’t a Hall of Famer, just means I wouldn’t do it."

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Former MLB pitcher Curt Schilling (Mitchell Leff/Getty Images)

"I look at this as [Judge] tied the all-time record," Schilling continued. "As of today, there's nothing around him or surrounding him where we're discussing about androstenedione in his locker or a relationship with BALCO or a personal trainer. … Doesn’t mean it won’t happen. … But don't go to sleep on the fact that this guy's having one of the greatest offensive seasons in history short of Bonds’ stuff. … His OPS is what some guy coming out of spring training who no one knows has at the end of April, and he fades off as a .250 hitter and goes back to Triple-A."

Even while Judge makes history in Schilling’s eyes, the former Boston Red Sox pitcher said he didn’t