M any months ago, when the A's were announcing their move to their temporary home in Sacramento, which has long been the home of the Triple-A Giants team, team owner John Fisher l

There will be many firsts in West Sacramento now that the A’s have brought Major League Baseball temporarily to the capital region. For Yankees superstar Aaron Judge, the weekend marks the first time he’s playing professional baseball in the town in which he was born.

New York Yankees slugger Aaron Judge blasted two home runs in a game against the Athletics. It was something the Athletics owner wished for.

Only 45 miles away, Judge will be playing against the Athletics in the city where he was born for the first time.

With the Yankees trailing 6-5, A’s closer Mason Miller entered in the eighth with two on and one out and struck out two in a row to end the threat, first pinch-hitter Ben Rice and then Paul Goldschmidt.

Luis Severino spent years as Aaron Judge’s teammate on the New York Yankees, marveling at his prodigious power and skill as a hitter. Now