Roger Maris' son wishes Aaron Judge would acknowledge his father has the 'real' home-run record

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While Aaron Judge is on pace to break Roger Maris’ American League home-run record before the season ends, the New York Yankees legend’s son wishes the brooding outfielder would’ve made a stance on the so-called "real" record.

Judge acknowledged that Barry Bonds had the single-season home run record despite the cloud the steroid era in baseball had over the former San Francisco Giants slugger.

"The record’s the record," Judge told reporters following the Yankees’ doubleheader sweep of the Minnesota Twins on Wednesday. "That’s what I go by. I watched him as a kid flip the ball into the bay with ease. That hasn’t changed."

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Yankees' Aaron Judge celebrates with Gleyber Torres after hitting a home run against the Minnesota Twins on Wednesday, Sept. 7, 2022, in New York. (AP Photo/Adam Hunger)

Maris initially set the record in 1961 with 61 home runs in a single season. He and teammate Mickey Mantle were chasing Babe Ruth’s record. Maris would never hit more than 33 homers after that season. Mark McGwire and Sammy Sosa would both break Maris’ mark in 1998 with Bonds later doing it in 2001.

The legitimacy of those marks is debated among baseball experts.

Roger Maris Jr. told the New York Post on Wednesday he was disappointed that Judge didn’t outright call his father’s mark the real record.

"I think a lot of people still look at dad’s as the real record. So that was surprising to me," Maris told the newspaper.

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Yankees' Aaron Judge rounds the bases after hitting a home run during a doubleheader