Yankees playoffs: The ALCS and making of the 2017 Baby Bombers

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However, that article did not stop some in the New York media from creating a specious argument. Which Aaron should the Yankees give the right fielders job to, Hicks or Judge? It was a waste of perfectly good 1’s and 0’s.

The ridiculousness got so ridiculous that I decided to kill my own group of 100’s. I took computer to lap to turn out this clearly tongue-in-cheek piece (Thank you, NYBamBam): Five Reasons to Start Aaron Hicks over Aaron Judge. This first part is accurate but then it quickly devolves to sarcastic farce.

"And that is what ultimately separates these two: the power. Hicks hit a total of 14 home runs and collected 79 RBI’s during his age 23 and 24 seasons. Judge, during his same age seasons, hit 43 homers and 147 RBI’s."

"Aaron Hicks Sold his Soul to the Devil! Alright, Yankees haters, feel free to insert your jokes here: And clearly he has to serve his time at the home office; Was he the player to be named later in a separate deal between the Yankees and the Devil?; “Devil Corp.” is a subsidiary of Yankees Inc.; Isn’t that how all Yankees get to be successful? There is only one big problem with this scenario. Some of you might think that Hicks would have better numbers had he sold his immortal soul. That turns out to be very easy to explain: there is only so much even the Devil can do to make Hicks a good player."

Dying is Easy, Comedy is Hard

Of course Judge won the starting job, but it took both men to get the Yankees where they are. And Hicks overcame his early career struggles to put up a potent start to the season.

Now in the playoffs, Judge has continued to strike out at an historic pace. But his power has helped him more than balance the scales of offensive justice.