NEW YORK — I’ve often wondered how Aaron Judge feels about the years slipping by without a championship. He’s only human. The frustration must be keen, especially this summer with the Yankees going nowhere.

Imagine the thought cloud over Judge’s head during Old-Timers’ Day on Saturday. He mingled in the clubhouse as the 2000 Bombers were honored for their third straight World Series conquest, the fourth in five years.

And Judge still has none.

His greatest fear is to become a latter-day Don Mattingly , who ended his 14-year career without a ring. Judge still has time – he’s 34, still at his physical peak – but the determining factor will be the players around him.

Other than Judge himself, I can’t imagine any of the 2025 Yankees making the cut with the Joe Torre -era clubs. An

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