Yankees Aaron Judge excited for first Fathers Day game after getting biggest title of his life

Join Post Sports+ for exciting subscriber-only features, including real-time texting with Greg Joyce about the inside buzz on the Yankees.BOSTON — Aaron Judge holds many titles these days: Captain.

MVP.Best hitter in baseball.The one he is most proud of?Nora’s dad.Judge’s daughter, nearly 5 months old, will be in the stands Sunday at Fenway Park to see her dad play on his first Father’s Day.

By this point in the season, she is already a regular at Yankees games with Judge’s wife Sam, but this one will have a little extra meaning — even if she doesn’t know it yet.“I just want to be just like my dad,” Judge said.“I want to be able to teach my daughter important life lessons, always be there for her and show her the importance of hard work and little things like that.

It’s probably the biggest title I got, getting a chance to be my daughter’s dad; that’s special.“She’s been to a lot of games,” he added.“She loves it.

She’s usually sleeping for half of them, but she loves it.”There have been plenty of theories as to why or how Judge is in the midst of one of the best two-and-a-half-month starts to a season in the history of the game.Perhaps the easiest explanation? Dad strength.Judge entered Saturday batting .390 with a 1.265 OPS and 26 home runs through 68 games.

Nora may have a hand in that.There is more of a balancing act between time at and away from the field this season, but Judge has found it easier not to carry the game back home with him.Not that there have been many rough days to his season so far, but when there are, they go away quicker.“It makes everything a little easier — not easier, but I go 4-for-4 or 0-for-4 and she’s still looking at me with the same smile, no matter what happens,” Judge said.

“That just helps me turn the page a little quicker to get to the next day, to the next moment, because I want to enjoy every moment I have with her and share those special moments.So I don’t want to dr...