NEW YORK -- Everything about every pitch in every Yankees game these days is about Aaron Judge and home runs, even when the slugger isn't at the plate. So, it shouldn't surprise you that as Boston batted in the ninth inning Saturday, down two runs, a fan wearing a Yankees jersey implored Red Sox manager Alex Cora for a comeback -- a Boston comeback that would mean Judge would have another at-bat to lead off the bottom of the ninth.
Cora heard a chant of "Let's go, Red Sox" begin to grow in a section of Yankees fans, and he told the fan who started the chorus, "If you get this [whole] place saying, 'Let's go Red Sox,' you're the man.