I want to test-drive a theory, so thank you in advance for stopping by.

It is an idea that has been forming the past two weeks as I watched the Yankees play a home-and-home series over two weekends with the Rays before heading to Toronto.

I think the games within the AL East are going to be, in general, thrilling and theatrical; dramatic and traumatic; passionate and poignant. They have been so far.

The Yankees played seven games against the Rays. Six were decided by one run. Most felt like the best kinds of heavyweight fights. Back and forth. Skill and will merging.