Tonight, Aaron Judge will take his second crack at getting his record-tying 61st home run, and what a time it would be to do it, with the Yankees opening a four-game series with the rival Red Sox at Yankee Stadium.
After hitting his 60th home run to kickstart a ninth-inning rally against the Pittsburgh Pirates on Tuesday night, Judge went 2 for 4 with two doubles in last night's 14-2 win over the Pirates.
With the AL East almost locked up and the Red Sox out of the playoff hunt, Judge's attempts to tie and break Roger Maris's team and American League recor d of 61 homers is the major storyline for this series.
What better way to reach and potentially eclipse such a longstanding record than to do it against your archrival in front of the home fans?