We all knew it was coming, a lengthy suspension was in the offing for young Rougned Odor from the moment he gloriously slugged Blue Jay’s villain Jose Bautista in the jaw, with a right hook that former Ranger Jeremy Guthrie deemed the “Cleanest punch I’ve ever seen landed in the big leagues.”
By now, all of us around the Texas Rangers and Toronto Blue Jays organizations know the stories behind what has turned into a heated feud between the two clubs. An explosion like what transpired on Sunday has been brewing since the two teams famously met in a game 5 that was filled with controversy and ill-will last October.