It was the fifth inning of the fifth game of the World Series. With the Yankees up 5-0, one Dodger runner on, and no outs, L.A.’s Tommy Edman lofted a soft fly ball directly at Aaron Judge, the Yankees center-fielder and one of the best baseball players in the last half-century. It was the kind of fly ball that middling high-school outfielders across America catch with ease. It was the kind of fly ball that Judge, who had not committed a single error all season, has likely corralled thousands of times across a lifetime of playing baseball.
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