Every day, or close to it, Aaron Judge does something noteworthy, if not unprecedented. A towering home run — or two. An intentional walk with — gasp — two outs and the bases empty in the second inning.
A record matched. Another record broken. Jaws dropping has become a daily occurrence going on five months. And so his teammates and his manager have been asked, on an almost daily basis, to describe what they're witnessing from the extraordinary slugger.
By this point, the questions are met with headshakes. Formulating an answer has become an increasingly difficult mental exercise for members of the New York Yankees. «Running out of words, honestly,» manager Aaron Boone said Sunday after Judge clubbed home runs Nos.
50 and 51 in a win over the Colorado Rockies. «Just running out of words with what he's doing. We're getting on the train [to Washington].