The Subway Series to stop in the Bronx. The New York Yankees, White Sox, Seattle Mariners and Cleveland Indians will make the playoffs from the American League, and the Atlanta Braves, New York Mets, St. Louis Cardinals and San Francisco Giants will get in from the National League. Just as it will have ruled in the AL playoffs, the Yankees' superior composure and experience in postseason games will win out. Tigers and White Sox players brawl in April. Benitez was in the center of a melee with the Yanks while pitching for Baltimore in 1998 after he nailed Tino Martinez in the middle of the back with a high-90s fastball after a Bernie Williams home run.
Bad blood is everywhere in baseball.
The White Sox and Detroit Tigers, who initially drew 25 suspensions from Major League Baseball dean of discipline Frank Robinson for a couple of haymaker-laden encounters in an a game in April, have two more series to play in the second half. The Boston Red Sox and Cleveland, who took turns throwing at one another after some close-call Pedro Martinez brushbacks, also play six more times. The Los Angeles Dodgers, whose bullpen took on some soused Wrigley Field patrons in the stands in May, are back at Wrigley for three games in late August with a significant pardon from MLB after initially being hit with some harsh suspensions. Rocker to keep mouthing off. John Rocker said he was sorry for derogatory comments about New Yorkers before a series with the Mets at Shea Stadium.