Monday, April 25, 2005

AL East Vitriol Update

In the late '70s/early '80s, vitriol reigned supreme in the AL East. There were seasons where the 4th or 5th place team in that division was arguably the 4th or 5th best team in the league. Everybody had a good team. Every game was big. Nobody took no crap from nobody else.

AL East teams have been playing each other this month and the following teams have engaged in hit batsmen/retaliation sequences.

Boston vs. NYY
NYY vs. Baltimore
Baltimore vs. Tampa Bay
Tampa Bay vs. Boston

Toronto is conspicuously absent from this list, however, their current 5 game losing skid may provide them with an attitude adjustment.

It's difficult to say how long this can last, but, at least for this month, vitriol has reemerged across the AL East.

Here's hoping the O's, Blue Jays and D-rays can play well enough to keep the AL East from becoming a 2 team race. Vitriol makes good baseball.

1 comment:

Sparky said...

Have you considered pitching "Vitriol Makes Good Baseball" to MLB? I like it much better than "Baseball Fever ..."