In the mid-1990s, the Colorado Rockies fielded a group of hitters known as the Blake Street Bombers, with Vinny Castilla. Dante Bichette, Ellis Burks, Larry Walker and Andres Galarraga -- and when they played at home, their games seemed to be different than baseball played anywhere else. No pitcher was safe, no lead was safe, with the Colorado hitters in attack mode from the first pitch and baseballs pinballing all over the park.
This brand of baseball sort of went dormant … until last season, in Toronto.