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NEW YORK, NY - SEPTEMBER 20: Aaron Judge #99 of the New York Yankees looks on during the game between the Pittsburgh Pirates and the New York Yankees at Yankee Stadium on Tuesday, September 20, 2022 in New York, New York. (Photo by Daniel Shirey/MLB Photos via Getty Images)

Aaron Judge Has Something For Everyone

Barry Petchesky

NEW YORK, NY - SEPTEMBER 20: A general view as Aaron Judge #99 of the New York Yankees bats in the sixth inning during the game between the Pittsburgh Pirates and the New York Yankees at Yankee Stadium on Tuesday, September 20, 2022 in New York, New York. (Photo by Daniel Shirey/MLB Photos via Getty Images)

The Chase Is The Thing

Lauren Theisen

It Should Be Illegal For Bad Teams To Walk Aaron Judge

NEW YORK, NEW YORK - SEPTEMBER 05: Aaron Judge #99 of the New York Yankees doubles in the first inning against the Minnesota Twins at Yankee Stadium on September 05, 2022 in the Bronx borough of New York City. (Photo by Jim McIsaac/Getty Images)

Aaron Judge Is Carrying The Juiceless Yankees

Luis Paez-Pumar

Shohei Ohtani #17 of the Los Angeles Angels hits a two-run home run against the New York Yankees during the fifth inning at Angel Stadium of Anaheim on August 29, 2022 in Anaheim, California.

Shohei And The Angels Out-Dingered Aaron Judge And The Yankees

NEW YORK, NEW YORK - AUGUST 16: Gleyber Torres #25 and Miguel Andujar #41 of the New York Yankees look on from the dugout during the first inning against the Tampa Bay Rays at Yankee Stadium on August 16, 2022 in the Bronx borough of New York City. (Photo by Sarah Stier/Getty Images)

PSA: The Yankees Are Ass Now

The Yankees Were Butt On The Basepaths

Aaron Judge Bet On Himself And Is Winning Big

David Roth

A close-up of Aaron Judge and Yankees hitting coach sharing a fist bump after one of Judge's many 2022 homers.

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Maitreyi Anantharaman

Andrew Benintendi #16 of the Kansas City Royals reacts after fouling a ball off of his leg during the seventh inning against the Minnesota Twins at Kauffman Stadium on May 20, 2022 in Kansas City, Missouri.

Andrew Benintendi Was Too Dumb To Get Vaccinated, And The Royals Were Too Bad To Make Him Care

It’s Just Cruel To Make Joey Gallo Face Edwin Díaz

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Chris Thompson

Baseball Is Better For Having Just A Little More Chaos

You Don’t Beat Everyone’s Ass Without Finding A Guy Like Matt Carpenter

Tom Ley

Disgusting Slobs Bored By Oakland A’s

Giancarlo Stanton #27 of the New York Yankees rounds the bases after hitting a seventh inning home run against Jose Urquidy #65 of the Houston Astros during their game at Yankee Stadium on June 26, 2022 in New York City.

The Yankees Killed Baseball For About An Hour

NEW YORK, NEW YORK - JUNE 15: Aaron Judge #99 and Clay Holmes #35 of the New York Yankees celebrates after defeating the Tampa Bay Rays 4-3 at Yankee Stadium on June 15, 2022 in the Bronx borough of New York City. (Photo by Mike Stobe/Getty Images)

My Homer Editor Assigned Me This Blog On How Good The Yankees Are

Josh Donaldson Sad To Discover That None Of His Teammates Felt Like Sticking Up For A Stupid Asshole

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Don’t Let Josh Donaldson Fool You

Tim Anderson Shut Yankees Fans Right Up

Samer Kalaf

Yasmani Grandal and Josh Donaldson argue, with Nick Mahrley in between them.

Context Doesn’t Really Help Josh Donaldson’s Case

This Is So Stupid

Wow! Yankees Fans The Best Fans In Sports, Confirmed

Patrick Redford

NEW YORK, NEW YORK - APRIL 23: Oscar Mercado #35 of the Cleveland Guardians is restrained as fans throw debris on the field following Gleyber Torres #25 of the New York Yankees walk off RBI single in the bottom of the ninth inning at Yankee Stadium on April 23, 2022 in New York City. (Photo by Mike Stobe/Getty Images)

Yankees Fans Spoiled A Great Win By Being Huge Assholes

Everybody Loves Vlad, Even The Men He Destroys

The Yankees Are Retiring Paul O’Neill’s Number In Monument Park, Which Is Different From Giving Him A Plaque In Monument Park, Which They Already Did, And Also Different From Giving Him A Monument In Monument Park, Which They Haven’t Done, Even Though A Monument Involves A Plaque