MLB insider opens up about Aaron Judge starring in grim high school drunk driving PSA
New York Yankees superstar Aaron Judge is one of the most recognizable faces in Major League Baseball. The two-time AL MVP has quickly established himself as one of the greatest hitters of his generation, thanks to his unbelievable ability to launch baseballs over the fence across the country.
Before Judge made a name for himself as the leader of the Yankees, the hulking superstar was shining bright in front of the camera as a high school student. Judge, who attended Linden High School in Linden, California, starred in a rather grim PSA highlighting the dangers of drinking and driving.
On Monday, popular MLB insider and podcaster Jomboy shared the video of Judge in the PSA. The grizzly footage showed the New York Yankees captain lying dead on a table inside a body bag, which eventually got zipped up over his head. It's a rather hard-hitting clip showing the eventual $360 million man covered in blood, something that Jomboy is happy is simply simulated.
"It's of Judge, had he died in a car accident in his senior high school and been zipped up in a body bag in the hospital," Jomboy said. "It's a scary what-if because he's one of the best hitters ever. So that's Aaron Judge, and he's not actually dead. They're faking it. It's a PSA against drinking and driving. I can't believe that this is like a reenactment and they actually zip it over his head fully."
These types of videos and reenactments are supposedly commonplace in California, as Jomboy explained how companies would come in and have students "die," and the rest of the class would attend a fake funeral complete with speeches. It can be a difficult ordeal to be a part of, especially when it involves a celebrity like Aaron Judge.
"They would come around and kill someone in your class every 15 minutes, like the Grim Reaper would come in," Jomboy said. "Then they had fake funerals, parents came in to read to the auditorium, fake as if the person's dead. Anyway, Judge died in his school's."
Aaron Judge continues to help children thanks to his ALLRISE Foundation
The Yankees slugger continues to do as much as he can to help the youth in California and New York, and not just from starring in the drunk driving PSA. Thanks to his incredible platform and the power and opportunity that come with it, Aaron Judge helped create the ALLRISE Foundation, which is dedicated to helping the youth in these areas.
The ALLRISE Foundation helps develop a number of skills and tools that will help the youth in these communities thrive and excel as they approach adulthood. Some of the values shared by the foundation include those of leadership, positive mental health and physical activity.