Aaron is the judge. Luke Weaver. Anthony Volpe. Clay Holmes. They fought for the Dodgers

Breaking News: Luke Weaver will not play for the New York Yankees during the World Series.

First of all, he is blind. Second, he's a lifelong Dodgers fan who remembers falling asleep to the sound of the games on the radio.

Weaver is not to be confused with Yankees closer Luke Weaver, whose star has risen this year as he shreds hitters and whines on the mound. This Luke Weaver is just a boy.

Dodgers fans like Weaver who have names on the Bronx Bombers are in a bit of a pickle this fall, caught between the team they support and the American League stalwart they share a name with. Fandom seems to thrive.

“I hope he gets destroyed in the World Series,” Weaver told The Times. “I wish him the best. I wish him a good career. But you know, I hope he hits four in the World Series.”

Weaver, who lives in Palmdale but lived less than a mile from Dodger Stadium, is a retired courier who delivered gifts and checks to celebrities before he went blind 12 years ago. He still listens to Dodgers games on the radio and supports his favorite team, even if he can no longer watch them play. About seven years ago, he heard about the league player and his name and bought a bunch of Luke Weaver cards.

“I think he was playing for the Diamondbacks at the time, and I got all his baseball cards in case he got famous,” Weaver said.

Clay Holmes, a lifelong Venice resident, hasn't played much baseball since his days as a Palisades High School catcher a century ago. Unlike the relief pitcher of the Yankees, this Clay Holmes pulls the Dodgers to return the Commissioner's Trophy to Los Angeles.

Angeleno Clay Holmes understands what it's like to be a professional athlete — he supplements his income by playing competitive poker — even though he says he doesn't really grow up doing it.

With the Dodgers down 6-5 in the ninth inning, would Holmes be concerned if his name came in and got a little hit?

“I wouldn't have a problem with that if it meant a Dodger win,” he said.

In fact, on the diamond, Clay Holmes wishes Clay Holmes nothing too bad.

“Shohei, Mookie, Freddie. I hope they bring a few runs and go [game-winning hit] except for him,” he said.

The situation is a little different for Aaron Judge – not a record-setting Yankees slugger, but a Dodgers fan who served in the US Air Force.

“Intramural Air Force softball really prepared me for the big leagues,” he said.

Judge is from Montana, a free agent when it comes to choosing a major league team to pursue. His father moved to Los Angeles when Judge was a child, so Judge decided to become a Dodger fan.

“It was Steve Garvey when I was a kid,” he said. “I was playing T-ball or Little League at the time.”

About once a month the Judge will get a comment from a waiter or cashier who looks at his credit card and notices that he has the same name as a large group.

“It's definitely not anger. I just laughed,” he said.

So intense were the texts and phone calls he received from kids who thought they had reached the 2022 American League MVP, that they ended up communicating with a different judge than Aaron.

“I get calls from kids in New York and Jersey asking me if I'm Number 99. I have to take it easy,” he said.

Although he has focused on the Mariners and Phillies over the years, this year he is rooting for the Dodgers in the World Series. But he still wishes his little name the best.

“I wish him a good series. I know he will play his best. He is a great player and leader. I hope the Dodgers win, but I'm not going to say, 'Oh my god, I hope the Yankees lose.' I think they are both great teams.”

Anthony Volpe — not a shortstop for the Yankees — is also focused on the Dodgers, though he lives in the Bay Area.

“Yes, I know there is a player on the Yankees with my name,” he said. “But I'm from California, so I root for the Dodgers.”

“I can focus on Volpe individually but the Dodgers as a team,” he said.

Volpe noted that the term is not very common among Italian Americans. It means “fox” in Italian, said Volpe, who has dual citizenship in the United States and Italy.

Volpe's friends like to send him TV pictures in a bar with his name under a picture of a baseball player. Or they'll send him a Jumbotron photo at the game if Volpe plays.

Jaji hears the family's teasing.

“My kids will call me and say, 'Hey, I see you hitting the mud today.' Good job.'”