NEW YORK — They had chanted M-V-P at him all year, but when Aaron Judge lumbered to the plate in the first minutes of Monday morning, down three games to none in the American League Championship Series, down one run, down to their final out, with the season and perhaps his Yankees career on the line, the fans who remained could barely muster a cheer.
Judge took a big cut for strike one.
“You suck!” came a voice from the crowd, which had started at 46,545—not a sellout—and dwindled along with the Yankees’ chances.
