TORONTO — There had been other moments over the past few years that served as kindling and stoked the flames, though the rivalry between the Yankees and Blue Jays had not quite caught on full-blown fire.
Until this week, that is.
The four-game series between the AL East foes at Rogers Centre ran the gamut of absurdity, and by the time the Yankees flew out of Canada late Thursday night, it seemed like a miracle the benches never cleared for an all-out brawl.
There’s always September — which seems light years away, but that is the reality of the new balanced schedule, which cut out two series per season, reducing the number of games between in-division teams from 19 to just 13.
