• Aaron Judge’s message after ‘cruel’ Yankees moment still resonates

    Aaron Judge’s message after ‘cruel’ Yankees moment still resonates

    In the quiet visiting clubhouse at Minute Maid Park last October, just minutes after the Yankees saw their season end in crushing fashion against the Astros in the ALCS, manager Aaron Boone addressed the team then opened up the floor. Aaron Judge spoke up to deliver a message that is still on his mind nine …
  • Yankees salivate over ‘unreal’ Aaron Judge, Gary Sanchez, Giancarlo Stanton potential

    Yankees salivate over ‘unreal’ Aaron Judge, Gary Sanchez, Giancarlo Stanton potential

    Even if it was in a game that didn’t count, what Aaron Judge, Gary Sanchez and Giancarlo Stanton did Sunday night forced people to wonder what the trio could accomplish if they all remained healthy in the upcoming 60-game season. Since Stanton joined the Yankees in 2018, he has played 176 games out of 324. …
  • Yankees put on a power show to dismantle Mets

    Yankees put on a power show to dismantle Mets

    The noise of Yankees bats kissing baseballs at an empty Yankee Stadium on Sunday night cut through a blanket of serious heat, and if Mets pitchers turned their heads to watch the balls take flight, their necks would have buckled. Five homers, two by Aaron Judge, reinforced that after more than three months away due …
  • Giancarlo Stanton could thrive without the burden of Yankees fans

    Giancarlo Stanton could thrive without the burden of Yankees fans

    The pandemic spared the diabolical Astros widespread abuse for their scandalous sign-stealing cheatathon, and maybe, just maybe, no boobirds in the Yankee Stadium stands this season will prove to be a boon to Giancarlo Stanton. If Stanton strikes out five times in a game again, he won’t hear them. Such is life when you sign …
  • Aaron Judge gets back to it with big blast in Yankees return

    Aaron Judge gets back to it with big blast in Yankees return

    Aaron Boone didn’t need to witness Aaron Judge drive a James Paxton pitch into Monument Park to know a stiff neck that had idled the hulking right fielder had vanished into a cool Bronx summer evening. “I felt like it was going to be a couple of days. I have been there in the course …
  • Aaron Judge’s injury concerns are blocking his superstardom

    Aaron Judge’s injury concerns are blocking his superstardom

    Giancarlo Stanton and Clint Frazier played catch Monday afternoon, in short right field at Yankee Stadium, and Brett Gardner and Mike Tauchman did the same alongside them. That’s a solid outfield quartet right there. It naturally becomes a far better unit when Aaron Judge joins them to create a fab five. Yet Judge spent the …
  • Aaron Judge sits again as list of Yankees uncertainties grow

    Aaron Judge sits again as list of Yankees uncertainties grow

    Ten days from Tuesday, the Yankees open a 60-game season that doesn’t have a blueprint for anybody to follow. However, the Yankees could be without several key players when they face Nationals ace Max Scherzer next Thursday evening in Washington. The headliner among the possible absentees is Aaron Judge. When spring training 2.0 started earlier …
  • ‘Stiff’ Aaron Judge misses another Yankees simulated game

    ‘Stiff’ Aaron Judge misses another Yankees simulated game

    While Aaron Judge was held out of the Yankees’ simulated game for a second straight day with a stiff neck, Giancarlo Stanton said he’s making progress with his calf and feels good at the plate. According to manager Aaron Boone, Judge got more treatment Sunday and was “still a little stiff.” “It’s just something we …
  • 200 judges: A milestone for President Trump

    200 judges: A milestone for President Trump

    The Senate’s approval leaves no vacancies on any circuit court. This week the Senate reached a milestone, confirming President Trump’s 200th judge, Cory Wilson of Mississippi, who is now to join the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit. The number 200 encompasses all life-tenured judges authorized by Article III of the Constitution and does not even include …
  • Aaron Judge’s status among top concerns for returning Yankees

    Aaron Judge’s status among top concerns for returning Yankees

    When spring training was knocked out by the coronavirus on March 12, the Yankees were the favorites to win the AL title despite knowing they would start the season with Giancarlo Stanton, Aaron Judge, Aaron Hicks, James Paxton and Luis Severino on the injured list. Three-plus months later, the Yankees remain the favorites and, barring …