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Why this ugly Yankees loss hurts a little less than normal

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Aaron Judge (right) congratulates Gary Sanchez after the first of the catcher's two home runs in the Yankees' 12-6 loss to the Blue Jays on Tuesday night at the Stadium.

Aaron Judge smiled, because he’s been on the other side of the television. He knows what it is to make sure that, no matter what, you’ve got the channel on the baseball game for a must-see player taking a must-see at-bat.

You kidding? He did that plenty.

“I grew up in California at a time when just about every Barry Bonds at-bat was an important event,” Judge said Tuesday afternoon.