Right now, as you sit here and read this, a war is being raged in baseball. It’s not a loud war, and it’s not all that dangerous. But it is a war that strangles the game and has come to define it. It’s a war that the Rays, like some Revolutionary War turncoat, have found themselves on both sides of from time to time. This offseason, of all times, the Rays defected, switching sides. This wasn’t really by choice. Much of it came as a result of their realistic financial circumstances. Increasingly, this war is becoming a class war, with the heavy hitters and big franchises on one side of the field.
Rays 3, Yankees 4: Well I guess that’s why they call them the Baby Bombers
