NEW YORK — Every once in a while, the planets align, giant Jupiter and tiny Mercury, and we get the two best players in the American League Championship Series at the same vector, in the same camera shot, near the same base, and we are left to remind ourselves, for the millionth time, baseball is a wondrous game. Aaron Judge, the New York Yankees‘ rookie right fielder, will reach down — way down — and pat Jose Altuve, the Houston Astros‘ second baseman, on the back, as he did Wednesday after an RBI double in the third inning, and the game will go on.
The long and short of it: Aaron Judge, Jose Altuve drive their teams in ALCS
