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Yankees' Aaron Judge Hints At Which Team He Will Play For Next Season

Red Sox fans won't be thrilled by this news

Scott Neville

Yankees' Aaron Judge Hints At Which Team He Will Play For Next Season
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While New York Yankees superstar Aaron Judge lives in the spotlight, he doesn't exactly appear to love the attention. That's why it was so surprising when the all-powerful slugger made a not-so-subtle stance on where he wants to play next season, with all eyes on him.

The 30-year-old sported a sweatshirt with the text "New York or Nowhere" across his chest prior to the first game of his three-game series against the Toronto Blue Jays on Monday. 

Judge appears to be an intelligent man, so there's almost no chance this was anything but a statement about his desire to remain with the Yankees... or New York Mets?

The 6-foot-7, 282-pound freak of nature has not been the most committal about staying in the Bronx, so this surprising and notable action should be a sigh of relief for the thousands of fans who wear No. 99 to Yankee stadium on a nightly basis. 

Previously, he made an extremely discouraging comment about what Yankees fans have to look forward to next season while answering a somewhat uncalled-for question at the All-Star Game.

Just weeks ago he complimented the atmosphere and fans that come out to Fenway Park to the point that genuinely had some believing he would jump to the other side of the storied rivalry and fight Alex Verdugo for the No. 99 Boston Red Sox uniform. 

Finally, Judge has decided to put his guard down and hint at his desires entering this offseason. He's got a few other items on the agenda first, including setting a new American League home run record, claiming an AL Triple Crown despite Red Sox shortstop Xander Bogaerts' best efforts, and then competing for a World Series. 

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Scott Neville
SCOTT NEVILLE

Scott Neville covers the Boston Red Sox for Sports Illustrated's new page "Inside The Red Sox." Before starting "Inside The Red Sox", Neville attended Merrimack College, where he earned his Bachelor’s Degree in Communication and Media with a minor in Marketing. Neville spent all four years with Merrimack's radio station WMCK, where he grew as a radio/podcast host and producer.  His propensity for being in front of a microphone eventually expanded to film, where he produced multiple short films alongside his then-roommate and current co-worker Stephen Mottram. On a journey that began as a way to receive easy credits via film classes, he received a call from "It's Always Sunny In Philadelphia" star Charlie Day. Day advised him to make a feature-length film, which he completed his senior year. While writing the film, Neville completed an internship for United Way as part of their NFL Partnership Program. Neville ran the blog for a team of interns and hosted an internet show called "United Way's NFL Partnership Series" where he interviewed NFL alumni. After college Neville wrote for SB Nation's "Over The Monster," a Red Sox sister site of the flagship brand. His work would eventually lead him to a job as a content producer with NESN, where he would cover all sports. After developing as a writer with the top regional network in the world, he was given the opportunity to join the Sports Illustrated Media Group in his current endeavor as the publisher of "Inside The Red Sox." The successful launch and quick rise of "Inside The Red Sox" led to Neville joining the Baseball Essential ownership group, a national baseball site under SIMG. Follow him on Twitter: @ScottNeville46 Email: nevilles@merrimack.edu

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