If you want to raise the blood pressure of two fan bases, just utter the phrase “run differential” and it will elicit a polarizing result from supporters of the Toronto Blue Jays and the New York Yankees. These two teams are at opposite ends of the spectrum, yet one is atop the American League East…

There was something special about the number four in the Toronto Blue Jays’ four-game series against the Yankees. Four wins for the Blue Jays, and four home runs hit by George Springer (who wears number four, by the way). And for the first time in franchise history, the Jays swept the Bronx Bombers out of…