Twitter Study and Map Shows Home Run King: Bonds vs. Judge

(Panama City) - Aaron Judge and the Yankees begin their ALDS postseason series against Cleveland tomorrow, but the "Home Run King" debate rages on after Judge blasted his 62nd bomb last week.

Some (including Judge) believe that Barry Bonds, even with an asterisk by his name, is the home run king since he holds the official MLB record (73). Others contend that Judge is the true king since he broke the AL record without any performance-enhancing assistance.

One sports betting website, BetOnline.ag, polled the Twitterverse to find out which player each state in America considered to be the HR king.

Tracking geotagged Twitter data through a trends software program, BetOnline analyzed tweets, hashtags and phrases that were pro-Bonds like "Bonds still has the record," "The record is 73," "73 is the record," "Bonds is still the home run king," etc. These were weighted against similar tweets for Judge such as "Judge has the REAL record," "clean record," "Judge's record," "new home run record," "record without steroids," etc.

In the 72-hour sampling immediately after Judge broke the AL record, more than 250,000 tweets were used in the sampling.

As you can see from the below map, it was close, but Bonds ultimately edged out Judge by taking 27 of the 50 states.

HR King infomap:

The state breakdown was is as follows:

Bonds - 27 states

Judge - 23 states

Additionally, below are the latest postseason, pennant and World Series odds, via BetOnline.ag.

ALDS Odds

Seattle Mariners vs Houston Astros

Seattle Mariners                                        +195       

Houston Astros                                           -225                                                                                                                                                        

Cleveland Guardians vs New York Yankees

Cleveland Guardians                                 +180

New York Yankees                                     -210            

NLDS Odds

Philadelphia Phillies vs Atlanta Braves

Philadelphia Phillies                                  +165            

Atlanta Braves                                           -190            

San Diego Padres vs Los Angeles Dodgers

San Diego Padres                                     +200             

Los Angeles Dodgers                                -230            

Pennant Odds

American League

Houston Astros

+140

New York Yankees

+210

Seattle Mariners

+450

Cleveland Guardians

+500

National League

Los Angeles Dodgers

+140

Atlanta Braves

+200

Philadelphia Phillies

+475

San Diego Padres

+525

World Series Odds

Los Angeles Dodgers

+275

Houston Astros

+400

Atlanta Braves

+550

New York Yankees

+550

Seattle Mariners

+1000

Cleveland Guardians

+1200

Philadelphia Phillies

+1200

San Diego Padres

+1200