There is one at-bat from the Astros‘ 2017 season that is constantly on repeat in my head this winter: the at-bat in which Aaron Judge “faced off” against Nori Aoki.
Yes, Aoki, the outfielder.
And, no, this was not like the actual movie Face/Off that starred John Travolta and Nicolas Cage. By the way, Face/Off was a surprisingly decent movie if memory serves me well. Of course, I haven’t seen it in, like, ten years. Please don’t @ me on Twitter if you disagree.
Anyway, Aoki was the pitcher in this encounter with Judge, which also happened to be his pitching debut in the majors.