It wasn’t as exciting as many had hoped but, still, it was the Yankees v. the Mets for all the marbles.
Courtesy: NY Daily News and Wikipedia
The stage was set. October. 2000. The World Series.
It was ‘The Subway Series.”
The Fall Classic would be the American League Champion, New York Yankees, vs. the National League Champion, New York Mets. The Yankees beat the Mariners, and the Mets downed the Cardinals, to get there.
The Mets won more games that year, but the Yankees had now-HOF’er Mariano Rivera in relief. The Mets countered with Mike Piazza behind the plate. Joe Torre managed the Yankees. Bobby Valentine piloted the Mets.
These were the Yankees, though, playing in their third consecutive World Series. The Mets were…well…the Mets.
It was a series of the elites v. working folks, the glimmer of Broadway vs. everyday New Yorkers. With passionate fans on both sides, this Series–an all-NY affair–was too good to be true.
The only problem was that it wasn’t much of a Series. The Yanks won 4 games to 1, winning the first two and last two, with the Mets salvaging one game in the middle. Many fans, locally and nationally, were hoping for a 7-game affair–one that went right down to the end. But it didn’t turn out that way.
The mighty Yankees won their third consecutive championship.
