NEW YORK -- Twenty-four hours after launching one of the most important home runs of his career , with the kind of power display very few people on Earth could muster, Aaron Judge on Wednesday night continued an October tradition going on a decade. Eight times the New York Yankees have reached the postseason with Judge powering the lineup. And eight times a dejected Judge, with the disappointment still raw, has had to reflect on a season without a World Series title.

"It's what you play for," Judge said after the Yankees' Game 4 loss to the Toronto Blue Jays in the American League Division Series. "You play to win. And when you don't win, it's not a good year."

Individually, from Opening Day through the final postseason out, it was Judge's best year. During the regular season,

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