Aaron Judge celebrated his return to the Sacramento area by hitting two home runs in a losing effort for the New York Yankees against the Athletics to extend his major league lead to 14.

Judge has connections and Sears accepted the kind gesture for a night out with his parents, who traveled from their home in South Carolina to be in New York for their very special Opening Day at Yankee Stadium. Here’s more on what Judge did from Sears, who was traded to the A’s in July of ’22 in a package of prospects for pitcher Frankie Montas:

New York Yankees star Aaron Judge will be playing the A's in Sacramento. Leo Mazzone was right about the undue focus on pitch velocity. Shohei Ohtani hits a go-ahead, three-run home run to cap a six-run ninth inning for the Dodgers in a 14-11 victory over the Arizona Diamondbacks.