HOUSTON — While talking about Yogi Berra late Sunday afternoon, Aaron Judge, who had just tied the legendary Yankees catcher for fifth place on the franchise home run list with 358, was asked to name his favorite “Yogi-ism.”

“It ain’t over 'til it’s over,” Judge said with a smile. “That’s always a pretty good one.”

Then he turned serious.

“But he was more than that,” Judge said. “He was a fantastic baseball player. Ten World Series [won] . . . That’s pretty impressive. That’s what we’re all chasing.”

The Yankees have been chasing their first championship since 2009. Judge has overlapped a significant part of that, making his full-season debut in 2017.

That year, as no fan of the team needs reminding, marked the first of three ALCS losses to the Astros in six seasons (after falling

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