From September 1989 to August 2008, Mike Francesa and Christopher “Mad Dog” Russo left their mark on the New York radio landscape by doing, well, much of what they did on Monday: disagreeing profoundly about how to solve the problem of the New York Yankees. ‘ misfortunes.

In an exchange that could have been torn apart at any point in their 20-year run on WFAN, Francesa and Russo addressed one of the most polarizing questions raised by Games 1 and 2 of the World Series: What should do the Yankees about Aaron Judge?

Judge is having a miserable playoff run. The presumptive American League MVP is 6-for-40 (.150) with 19 strikeouts and three extra-base hits since the calendar turned to October. In the World Series, he is 1 for 9 with six strikeouts as the Dodgers continue to exploit his uppercut with high fastballs.

Still, Judge will hit third in Game 3 of the World Series in Aaron Boone’s lineup, announced Monday morning.

The Yankees are apparently considering ride or die with their captain at third in the lineup, despite some torrid hitting from cleanup man Giancarlo Stanton.

Stanton has a hit in all but two of the playoff games he’s played in thus far; his home run streak in four straight postseason games ended in Game 2 at Dodger Stadium on Saturday.

Russo advocated moving Stanton. Francesa didn’t do it.

Can the Yankees wait for Judge to turn things around? Maybe not. Teams that fall behind 3-0 have only come back to win one playoff round in MLB history – when the Boston Red Sox stunned the Yankees in the American League Championship Series in 2004.

Coincidentally, the biggest difference between this series and the 2003 ALCS, which the Yankees won in 11 innings, might be that the Yankees had Aaron Boone (their current manager) in 2003 and the Red Sox had Dave Roberts (the current manager of the Dodgers). in 2004.

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