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NEW YORK — In what is becoming a truly historic season, Aaron Judge has joined Hall of Famers Babe Ruth, Mickey Mantle, Jimmie Foxx, Ralph Kiner and Ken Griffey Jr. as the only non-steroids-tainted players to at least twice hit 50 or more homers in a season. And barring a…

In five weeks, we’ll be watching playoff baseball. Because of the new 12-team postseason format, this is the first year in which there will be four best-of-three Wild Card Series, two in the AL and two in the NL, as opposed to the single one-and-done game in each league. This…

NEW YORK — The Yankees’ celebration of Paul O’Neill with the retiring of his No. 21 last week was a response to the overwhelming popularity of one of their most respected players ever and pretty much completed the honored presence of the 1996-2000 Joe Torre dynastic Yankees in Monument Park.

OAKLAND, Calif. — Aaron Judge is back on track. The New York Yankees slugger, who snapped a nine-game homer drought earlier this week, hit his third home run in the last four games Friday night as the Bombers beat the A’s 3-2 at the Coliseum.

NEW YORK — With just under two months left in the regular season, Commissioner Rob Manfred, and his cohorts, should pump their hype accelerator to the floor, making every Aaron Judge at-bat appointment television for a national audience.

It’s Aaron Judge vs. Shohei Ohtani, and you can’t really go wrong with either choice.

This could be a great rivalry for years to come.