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Yankees right fielder Aaron Judge hit his 40th home run of the year Sunday in the fourth inning of the Rangers' Nick Martinez, joining Mark McGwire (1987) as the second player in the history of Major League Baseball to record 40-plus homers as a rookie. In the Yanks' 16-7 victory at Globe Life Park, Judge also became just the fourth Yankee to hit 40 homers in a season in his age-25 season or younger, joining Halll of Famers Mickey Mantle (1956), Joe DiMaggio (1937), Lou Gehrig (1927) and Babe Ruth (1920).

Voting for All-Star starters ends tonight at 11:59 p.m. (Eastern). Here are my All-Star teams. 34 players on a team, at least 13 pitchers, every team must have a representative. NATIONAL C: MOLINA, Posey 1B: VOTTO, Goldschmidt, Craig 2B: CARPENTER, Scutaro, Phillips SS: SEGURA, Cabrera, Desmond 3B: WRIGHT, Alvarez OF: GONZALEZ, Brown, Harper OF: GOMEZ, McCutcheon OF: BELTRAN, Cuddyer, Bruce P (13; 9 S, 4 R): HARVEY, Kershaw, Wainwright, Zimmermann, Lee, Corbin, Locke, Wood, Fernandez; Melancon, Mujica, Kimbrel, Grilli DL: Tulowitzski Honorable mention: 1B Freeman, OF Puig AMERICAN C: MAUER, Santana 1B: DAVIS, Fielder 2B: CANO, Pedroia, Kipnis SS: PERALTA,...

"WHAT'S up, old friend?" I asked the other day. But there was no response. The old friend was muffled, muzzled, unable to say anything, trapped in his new black straitjacket. I looked at him sadly. He looked back silently. I wanted to offer comfort, but what could you say? What could you do? "Thanks for the memories," I said, walking away. And Yankee Stadium -- the old one, the real one, the one presently wrapped by black scaffolding as it undergoes a painful transformation from national treasure and civic landmark to picked-apart, torn-asunder rubble -- didn't say a word. Noble...