NEW YORK — It’s not supposed to be this easy, hitting moonshots with the kind of backspin and torque that reminds old timers of Mickey Mantle. But there’s more to Aaron Judge than history these days. The way he looks at the plate, all 6-foot-7, 280 pounds of him, and the way he’s intimidating pitchers, this baby Bomber has become Lebron in cleats.
It’s true — Judge is unstoppable and not just because he’s on his way to a clean sweep of the AL’s Rookie of the Year award. He’s set his sights on the MVP, having slugged his 49th and 50th HRs of the season in an 11-3 rout of the Royals on Monday.