One of the best players to ever wear a Yankee uniform reached another milestone in his Hall-of-Fame career. Aaron Judge’s history-making home run took him past Yogi Berra for the fifth most in Yankees history. It was subsequently overshadowed by perhaps the single most galling display of “pitching” the Yankees have produced all season long.

One moment, the game was competitive—a 2-2 tie between two presumptive AL playoff teams. The next, it was a complete joke. The Tigers plated nine runs in the seventh inning—eight of which came against Fernando Cruz and Mark Leiter Jr. before a single out was recorded. They had no control whatsoever, combining for four walks, a plunking, and a wild pitch. Whatever else happened in this game was utterly inconsequential as the Yankees reached terminal vel

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