It's rare for a team to honor an opposing player in their stadium. That had been the case for the Texas Rangers and Yankees outfielder Aaron Judge.

Judge had belted his American League record 62nd home run of the 2022 season at Globe Life Field. The Rangers, recognizing the historic significance of the blast, installed a plaque where the ball landed. As the Rangers' ballpark opened in 2020, it was one of the first historic moments to take place at the stadium.

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That marker proved to be short-lived. Justin Shackil of WFAN 660 noticed that the plaque to mark where Judge's record-breaking home run landed has been removed. Commentors to Shackil's post on X claimed that the plaque was stolen and not removed by the Rangers.

A plaque commemorating Aaron Judge's historic 62nd home run of the 2022 season at Globe Life Field in Texas was stolen for the second time, and now will not be replaced again, according to WFAN's Justin Shackil. 

Judge famously broke the American League single-season home run record against the Texas Rangers at Globe Life Field in the penultimate game of the 2022 season. Judge's home run came in the first inning of a nightcap to a double header on the second to last day of the season. The ball, which broke the record last set by former Yankee Roger Maris in 1961, traveled to deep right field and was caught by 35-year-old Cory Youmans in section 31, row 1, seat 3.

That's where the plaque was located both times it was placed there, but now there's just a dollop of cement where the tribute once stood. 

The Rangers said a third plaque will not be put up, per Shackil. 

Judge is having another historic season. He is one of five players to hit at least 50 homers in a season three times and is on pace to tie his AL record of 62 homers, which would make him the third player in MLB history to hit 60 or more homers in a season twice. His next historic home run could come at home as the Yankees finish the regular season with six games at Yankee Stadium.

Chances are, the Yankees would also honor Judge with a plaque if he does hit his 62nd homer at Yankee Stadium. It would be another history-making moment for the most storied franchise in Major League Baseball. If that happens, Judge's marker would not go missing as is the case at Globe Life Field.

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It is not the first theft of memorabilia from historic Yankees moments. In 2014, several of Yankees legend Yogi Berra's World Series rings and two MVP plaques were stolen from a museum at the Yogi Berra Museum and Learning Center in Little Falls, New Jersey. 

Judge and the Yankees return to Globe Life Field on Monday for a three-game series against the Rangers. Judge comes into the series on pace to challenge his 2022 home run record. Judge currently has 51 home runs with 25 games left in the season.

At this point in 2022 Judge had already smacked 55 home runs, but Judge has been hitting a hotter pace than he did that year since the end of April, after an unusually slow start for the Yankees captain.

Still, even if Judge is able to hit 60 this year, he would become the third player with multiple 60-homer seasons, joining Sammy Sosa (three) and Mark McGwire (two).

Only two players in the history of the game have matched or exceeded each of Judge’s slash line totals from this season while also hitting at least 50 homers, and both came before MLB’s integration. Babe Ruth did it three times. The right-handed-hitting Jimmie Foxx did it once, for the 1932 Philadelphia Athletics.