Aaron Judge shines with home run, two great plays in ALCS Game 3 win  —  The MVP chants started before Aaron Judge officially turned the Stadium into a Monday night party, before his three-run home run made it 8-0 Yankees in the fourth inning and let the Astros know they weren't in Houston anymore.

Yankee Stadium porch party: ‘Freak’ home runs stun Astros, get New York back in ALCS  —  NEW YORK - Todd Frazier called it an “unorthodox swing.”  A.J. Hinch described it as an “awkward swing.”  —  More precisely, it was a Yankee Stadium swing.  —  Only two major league ballparks yielded …

Judge's offense and defense help lift Yankees over Astros in Game 3  —  NEW YORK  —  Three pitches into Monday's fourth inning, Aaron Judge galloped onto Yankee Stadium's warning track and hurtled into its right-field wall to retrieve a deep drive.  As ball met glove, Judge's oversized torso smashed …

CC Sabathia stays hot as Yankees blow out Astros 8-1  —  All rise, the Yankees are back in the championship series.  —  American League MVP candidate Aaron Judge shook off his playoff strikeout funk and drilled a two-out, three-run home run Monday night, and the 6-7 rookie right fielder …

ALCS TV Schedule: What time, channel is Houston Astros vs. New York Yankees Game 4?  (10/17/17) Livestream, how to watch online  —  Gallery: Yankees beat the Astros 8-1 in ALCS Game 3  —  The AL West champion Houston Astros, up 2-1 in the best of seven series, meet the wild card New York Yankees …

A.J. Hinch, like Joe Maddon, says managers should ignore Twitter  —  NEW YORK — Houston's A.J. Hinch says managers should ignore the heat and not tweet.  —  Chicago's Joe Maddon was criticized on social media for not using closer Wade Davis as the Cubs fell behind the Los Angeles Dodgers 2 …

When it comes to closers, when will managers learn?  —  There's a moment, as a manager is doing something that you can't fathom, when you doubt yourself.  —  EDITOR'S PICKS  —  When Scherzer entered the game before the top of the fifth inning, there was 71.5 percent chance the Nationals would advance to the NLCS.