Not since the Boston Red Sox and New York Yankees met in back-to-back American League Championship Series in 2003 and 2004 have we encountered a playoff series with the bad blood that exists between the Toronto Blue Jays and Texas Rangers. I don’t know if we’ll see Rangers starter Yu Darvish slamming Blue Jays bench coach DeMarlo Hale to the ground, but there’s obvious potential for extracurricular activity to arise.
How do we know there’s bad blood? Well, Blue Jays center fielder Kevin Pillar just said so, for starters.