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What Yankees' Aaron Judge thinks of playing close to hometown, 'cherry capital of the world'

ANAHEIM -- There will be no visits to home this week for the Yankees' new superstar.

Northern California native Aaron Judge will settle for spending some time off the field with friends and family who make an 80-mile drive west from Linden to Oakland for the Yankees' four-game series against the Oakland Athletics that begins Thursday night and figures to have an extra buzz.

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Judge is the reason.

He's just a rookie and leads the majors in home runs.

He's also probably the most popular player in baseball these days.