HOUSTON -- New York Yankees right fielder Aaron Judge was talking about perhaps the greatest rookie season in baseball history like it was no big thing. The Baby Bombers had grown up in October, turning into the Comeback Kids. And it was Judge who led them.
They were down in the wild-card game, and won. They lost the first two games of the ALDS to the best regular-season team in the American League, the Indians, and won. They had come back against the Astros after losing the first two games of the ALCS, and almost won.