Everyone complaining about Aaron Judge's Drew Rasmussen troll is a huge dork

On the same day we learned Aaron Judge would soon go for reimaging, Judge's dugout actions led to a reimagining of his attitude amongst Rays fans (and, somehow, certain segments of Yankees fans).

Midway through the third inning on Thursday, with the Yankees finally showing signs of offensive fortitude against a pitcher who has minced them up into tiny pieces and consumed them for nearly 60 innings over the course of his career, the Rays signaled to the bullpen to relieve Drew Rasmussen — and so did Aaron Judge.

It was cathartic to see the Yankees' captain, mired in injury woes and with his team in a massive rut, trying to have a little tongue-in-cheek fun. The only logical reason I could see that someone would've been upset by this tiny bit of disrespect is that it might've woken the Rays back up mid-game, like how the chilly jacket in Houston all those years ago that doomed the Bombers just before the break.

But it didn't. The Yankees rampaged. And Judge got to poke fun at someone who's never, ever bled against the Yankees before. Needless to say, Rays fans weren't thrilled, and spammed Twitter with forehead-vein-popping takes about how the Yankees have no right to talk (even though, in that moment and throughout the game, they certainly did). Their complaints landed with an ever-growing chorus of thuds.

SO funny. Defining your whole life by being a baseball player-themed troll account is a good use of your one time on earth.

Somehow, though ... even some Yankee fans were upset. Why? WHY?!

Aaron Judge has nothing to be ashamed about with Drew Rasmussen troll (and no, it's not the Red Sox Boombox Part II)

Have we really grown this soft that a mocking gesture upon a pitcher's departure is somehow poor sportsmanship? Other replies compared this "lapse in maturity" to Judge playing the boombox outside the Fenway Park clubhouse after Game 2 of the ALDS, to which we'll say ... I'm sorry, was that bad? We only remember it as "bad" because it helped the 2018 Red Sox get to levels they possessed that the Yankees could not reach. If New York had fortitude and gumption and Luis Severino knew when the game started, they could've made that road win matter. It's partially, but not all, Judge's fault that the whole roster folded.

Now, because everything comes back around with the Judge Yankees, it's safe to say they'll see Rasmussen again during the season's final week at Yankee Stadium, and potentially in October. He'll probably shove, because history dictates that's what he does more often than not — against the Yankees, against anybody.

And, if and when he does, it'll have nothing to do with this isolated Judge moment that represented the Yankees finally toughening up for once and sending their rivals to the showers emphatically. Who knows? Maybe they'll even be better prepared to compete against Rasmussen next time because of how much they loosened up on Thursday. A fan can dream.

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