Can Yankees build a title-winning team around Aaron Judge?

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NEW YORK -- Twenty-four hours after launching one of the most important home runs of his career, with the kind of power display very few people on Earth could muster, Aaron Judge on Wednesday night continued an October tradition going on a decade. Eight times the New York Yankees have reached the postseason with Judge powering the lineup. And eight times a dejected Judge, with the disappointment still raw, has had to reflect on a season without a World Series title.

"It's what you play for," Judge said after the Yankees' Game 4 loss to the Toronto Blue Jays in the American League Division Series. "You play to win. And when you don't win, it's not a good year."

Individually,…