On night filled with tributes for John Sterling, 'theeeee Yankees win' in fitting fashion

NEW YORK — The most fitting tribute to John Sterling did not come during a pregame ceremony. It came in the first inning at Yankee Stadium.After Trent Grisham led off with a double, Aaron Judge crushed his MLB-leading 14th home run of the season. As he rounded the bases, he wasn’t initially thinking about giving the Yankees a 2-0 lead.“(I) was chuckling around the bases thinking what he was probably saying,” Judge said.It was the kind of moment Sterling spent more than three decades turning into theater.Advertisement