Yankees, Aaron Judge and Blue Jays
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With the Yankees on the brink of elimination, the superstar slugger saved their season and vanquished his own October failures with one almighty swing.
As uniquely great as he’s been in the regular season, Judge had been a serial underperformer in the postseason. But that changed in Game 3.
With the Yanks down by three in the bottom of the fourth, Judge smashed a three-run homer off the left-field foul pole—his first dinger of the postseason—to tie the score 6–6 and give New York an actual fighting chance of winning the contest and living to see another game.
Along with Aaron Judge's game-tying, three-run homer in Tuesday's 9-6 ALDS Game 3 win against Toronto, the Yankees needed some superb bullpen work by five relievers.
A massive comeback fueled by home runs from Aaron Judge and Jazz Chisholm Jr. helped the Yankees avoid elimination and force a Game 4 with a 9-6 win over the Toronto Blue Jays at home Tuesday.
Aaron Judge or Cal Raleigh (aka the Big Dumper) are the AL MVP frontrunners. Who did the MLB on FOX analysts pick?
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Aaron Judge family tree: Meet Yankees star's wife Samantha Bracksieck, daughter Nora, adopted family and more
Aaron Judge family tree: Meet Yankees star's wife Samantha Bracksieck, daughter Nora, adopted family and more originally appeared on The Sporting News. Add The Sporting News as a Preferred Source by clicking here. It's hard to become as dominant as Aaron Judge has become without a strong family by your side.
A Yankees insider is giving his take on what Aaron Judge must do to lead the team in their ALDS series. New York faces elimination.