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After winning his\u00a0third American League MVP\u00a0award,\u00a0New York Yankees\u00a0superstar Aaron Judge shared a shocking \u2014\u00a0 but understandable \u2014\u00a0 feeling about his accomplishments to date.\u00a0<\/p>\n
According to Gary Phillips of the New York Daily News, Judge would trade just about every other accomplishment in his career for just one opportunity.<\/p>\n
\u201c\u2018I’d trade every award I’ve gotten and every All-Star appearance for an opportunity to win a championship,\u2019 Aaron Judge said. #Yankees,\u201d\u00a0Phillips relayed on Twitter.<\/p>\n
It’s clear from a fan perspective that while these accomplishments are meaningful to Judge, it doesn’t make losing feel any better. During the season, when asked about the hot debate over whether he or Seattle Mariners catcher Cal Raleigh should be the AL MVP, Judge was playful but blunt.<\/p>\n
“That’s not my job,” Judge said, when asked his opinion on the AL MVP race ahead of the All-Star game back in July. “That’s your guys’ job to talk about so I’m just going to keep going out there and doing my thing.”<\/p>\n
Judge has always emphasized the importance of winning games over any accolades, and his response to the MVP win was no different.<\/p>\n
Judge has played his entire career to date with the Yankees, making his professional debut with them in 2017 and giving historic performances ever since. With this latest MVP award, and his countless other achievements this season alone, Judge has become one of the greatest to play the game, but never win a championship. It’s weighing on his fans, and it’s clearly weighing on the Captain.<\/p>\n
The Yankees have not won a World Series since 2009, and fans in New York are feeling that streak after falling short yet again in 2025. The front office is working to make some needed changes in the offseason, but even with the highest WAR of any team in the majors this year, the Yankees couldn’t pull it all together. The team has been criticized for a lack of hunger, particularly this season, and for their less-than-ideal\u00a0approach to injuries.<\/p>\n
Yankees manager Aaron Boone shared his frustrations this year at the season’s brutal end to the Toronto Blue Jays, sharing that he has been chasing a World Series win all his life.<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019m confident we will break through,” Boone said, h\/t\u00a0Gary Phillips\u00a0of the New York Daily News “I have been every year. It\u2019s hard to win the World Series. I\u2019ve been chasing it my whole life.\u201d<\/p>\n
Judge will more than likely be the Yankees’ marquee player for years to come, but there is a degree of urgency to getting a World Series win not only for the legendary franchise, but for their star player, who doesn’t have infinite time.<\/p>\n
Las Vegas, NV<\/strong> \u2014 As the Las Vegas Raiders prepare for their high-stakes Week 11 clash against the Dallas Cowboys, an unexpected storm erupted on the practice field, shaking up the team just days before the game. In a shocking display of frustration and rivalry, quarterback Geno Smith and defensive star Maxx Crosby reportedly clashed during a heated drill, with tensions running so high that teammates had to step in and break them apart.<\/p>\n “It got out of hand,”<\/strong> Smith admitted after the altercation. “Maxx and I were both fired up, and things got intense. We\u2019ve got a lot of passion for this game, but sometimes that can spill over. It\u2019s all good now. We\u2019re focused on Dallas.”<\/p>\n<\/p>\n\n