World Series opener: Aaron Judge relishing duel with baseball’s ‘best player’ Shohei Ohtani
The New York Yankees captain and home-run machine is looking forward to ‘a fun match-up’ against the Dodgers’ ‘best player in the game’
New York Yankees captain Aaron Judge is looking forward to testing himself against “the best player” in baseball when he comes up against Shohei Ohtani and the Los Angeles Dodgers in Friday’s titanic World Series opener.
Home-run machine Judge is just one of several superstars who will take to the field at Dodger Stadium on Friday in what has the makings of a blockbuster Fall Classic.
But according to Judge, who led the major leagues with 58 home runs during the regular season, Ohtani is a notch above the array of talent who will be on display in the best-of-seven series.
“When you’ve got the best player in the game, it’s always going to be a fun match-up,” Judge said of Ohtani, who made history this year by becoming the first player to amass 50 home runs and 50 stolen bases in a single season.
“We’ve seen what he’s done all year,” Judge said. “You know – the 50-50 club, which has never been done, which is just absolutely unheard of.
“Listen guys, I can sit here and talk about him all day – the things he can do on the baseball field is something special. So I’m just looking forward to seeing what he does. It’s gonna be a fun match-up.”
