Judge and deGrom met in the first inning, when a pitcher who has tried throwing with less velocity and with more of a varied selection — in an attempt to stay healthy — looked an awful lot like deGrom in his prime: He ignored those secondary pitches and only went with heaters and sliders, though he lost Judge on a six-pitch walk.

The odds of Jasson Dominguez supplanting Aaron Judge as the most powerful slugger in the middle of the New York Yankees lineup this year are approximately the same as the man fans dub "The Martian" actually hailing from another planet.

Veteran Paul Goldschmidt, 37, was one of the first out of the dugout — sprinting like a kid himself to mob Dominguez at home plate. It was a moment that spoke volumes: part joy, part validation, all family. And the love didn’t stop when the lights went out.