I blame the cold weather.
And testosterone.
And the time-honored baseball tradition that goes back to the days of Old Hoss Radbourn and King Kelly: An eye for an eye, blood will have blood.
We had three flare-ups from Wednesday’s action, two in the Yankees-Red Sox tilt at Fenway and one at Coors Field, when Nolan Arenado charged the mound against the Padres with anger boiling in his veins. Worth noting: Both were intra-division episodes, which perhaps fueled the fires and also means it may not be the last time we see these teams going at each other.