Meet Aaron Judge's wife, Samantha Bracksieck: She and the New York Yankees star were high school sweethearts and share a love of sports — she also advised another prankster about the NYC Marathon

Just two months earlier, in the offseason, the Yankees announced they had agreed to a new contract with Judge. In the third-largest deal in baseball history, Judge would take home $360 million over nine years.

It was also Bracksieck who gave Judge the advice he needed to close the deal on his new contract. While the couple was on their way to Hawaii to celebrate their anniversary, she suggested Judge call the team and put his cards on the table, telling them he wanted to stay but needed a few more years left on his contract . Steinbrenner quickly agreed – then added that he planned to make Judge Yankees captain.

So what do we know about Samantha Bracksieck, the woman who helped her husband land one of the most lucrative contracts in baseball history?

The couple grew up together

Bracksieck and Judge met at Linden High School in Linden, California and were high school sweethearts. They later attended Fresno State University in California together.