It must be said, in creating show effects and stories of grudges, Major League Baseball is truly a master:
For the new season's opening game, a primetime national broadcast, the Yankees have been sent by the league officials to Houston to play a four-game series against their "old friends," the Houston Astros, at Minute Maid Park.
Although they have been widely criticized for the cheating incident of the 2017 season, from a lineup construction perspective, the Astros are indeed one of the few top strong teams in the American League now that can match the Yankees in lineup strength;
With their division rival, the Boston Red Sox, tightening their budget and selling off numerous star players in recent years, the showdown between the Yankees and the Astros has naturally replaced the Yankees-Red Sox rivalry, becoming the highest-level competition in the American League.
