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The New York Yankees will begin a crucial series against the rival Boston Red Sox on Thursday, a four-game set in the Bronx brimming with playoff implications. Aaron Judge, the rookie sensation who less than two months ago emerged as perhaps baseball’s brightest star, will play.
For casual fans, that sentence might sound obvious. Judge leads the American League in on-base-plus-slugging percentage, ranks second in the majors in home…