"You come at the king, you best not miss" - Yankees fans react as Red Sox fail to hit Aaron Judge in retaliation for Gerrit Cole hitting Rafael Devers

The Boston Red Sox attempted to intentionally hit Aaron Judge when they faced the New York Yankees at the Bronx on Saturday evening. However, Red Sox pitcher Brayan Bello missed his target as the pitch went just wide of the Yankees slugger.

It was a retaliation move from the team after Yankees ace Gerrit Cole hit Rafael Devers during the first inning of the game and later walked him with the bases empty.

Judge offered his perspective on the incident after the series finale between the two teams on Sunday.

"That's baseball," Judge said. "He missed. Nothing more I can do besides take it and go to first [base]. It is what it is."

"You play the game for a while; things like that happen," he added. "They were upset. Three of their guys got hit that day. I think they are just protecting their players. Some things are going to happen. That's the way the game is policed, and has been policed for over 100 years. I think the biggest thing is don't miss when you do it."

The failed attempt from the Red Sox to drill a pitch at the body of Aaron Judge was met with a lot of jeers on social media.

[Hoch] Aaron Judge on being thrown at by the Red Sox: "You play this game for a while, things like that happen. ... So I think the biggest thing is, just don't miss when you do it." byu/TheTurtleShepard inbaseball

"You come at the king, you best not miss," posted one fan, parahrasing Judge and referencing the famous quote from the TV show "The Wire."

Comment byu/TheTurtleShepard from discussion inbaseball

"How do you miss a guy who’s 6’7” and 280?" wondered one fan.

"The Red Sox can't hit much generally such it's no surprise they missed the biggest f****** target in MLB," another fan wrote.

Even non-Yankee fans supported Aaron Judge while criticizing Red Sox manager Alex Cora for deciding to intentionally hit the Yankees slugger.

"Alex Cora is a f****** clown," one fan said.

"Cora is such a loser," another fan commented.

"They’re busy doing clown s*** instead of trying to win," remarked another fan about the Red Sox.

The Yankees pulled off a 5-2 victory over the Red Sox on Sunday to clinch the four-game series on home turf. In the game, Aaron Judge hit his 53rd home run of the season.

"It was closed yesterday": Alex Cora ends feud after failing to hit Aaron Judge

Alex Cora spoke to Aaron Judge after the game on Saturday (Photo Credit: IMAGN)

Boston Red Sox manager Alex Cora had admitted ordering his starting pitcher, Brayan Bello, to hit Aaron Judge on Saturday. However, Cora declared that the feud against the Yankees ended after Bello failed to hit Judge, and he had personally cleared the issue with the Yankees outfielder after the game.

“Yeah,” Cora said ahead of his team’s loss on Sunday, per MLB.com. “It was closed yesterday, like, around the sixth inning, so you know, we had our chance. It didn't happen. We have to move on.”

“We talked, and there's two ways of seeing it, right? Their dugout and our dugout,” said Cora. “And, like I told him, ‘Put yourself in our shoes and you will understand why we feel this way.’ We’ll leave it at that.”

The Yankees and the Red Sox are not going to face each other anymore this year, barring the unlikely scenario of the two teams squaring up during the playoffs.