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Patrick Reusse: In Judge-vs.-Ohtani debate, team record proves a worthy tiebreaker

The 30 members of the Baseball Writers Association of America with votes to decide the AL MVP award have a wonderful decision to make.

They have the mighty Aaron Judge carrying the New York Yankees through much of that team's slump-ridden summer. He entered this weekend with 60 home runs and the possibility of capturing the AL's Triple Crown.

That would be the major leagues' first since Detroit's Miguel Cabrera in 2012 — which is the only one in the 55 years since Carl Yastrzemski claimed the batting, home run and RBI titles for Boston in 1967.

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