NEW YORK — Mike Batesole records every Yankee game. He prefers to watch each at-bat by his former player, Aaron Judge, live and in the moment, but Batesole’s pretty busy as the head baseball coach at Judge’s alma mater, Fresno State.
“I can always rewind,” Batesole says, laughing.
As a result, he’s seen all of Judge’s home runs this magnificent season. In fact, he probably hasn’t missed a Judge at-bat over the last few years. And if he happens to be at practice, like he was when Judge launched homer No. 55, he still gets plenty of notice, thanks to a group text chain of friends. “When I came back from the field with our guys, I don’t know how many ‘55′ messages I had,” Batesole says.
