Two NY teams in opposite directions

 As of now, the Mets & Yankees are both in position for Wild Card berths.

Yankee supporters will tell you the Subway Series was supposed to be a referendum on the Bombers being the better of the two teams.

Last month, the Mets never got the memo, and the Yankees have paid for it.

Wednesday was the final game of the 2024 Subway Series, airing on ESPN. For some reason, Mets fans aren't fond of ESPN's broadcasts. The Sunday Night Baseball team worked this game, including David Cone, who mostly is a Yankee announcer, and has been in the playoffs with both the Mets & Yankees. The Mets had already clinched the Series for the season with a 3-2 nailbiter on Tuesday, and sent Sean Manaea to the mound against Gerrit Cole, whom the Mets abused last month at Citi Field.

Gleyber Torres got it started for the Yanks with a lead-off homer in the 1st off Manaea, but, with Harrison Bader, another ex-Yank, out with an ankle injury, Tyrone Taylor, who came over with Adrian Houser from Milwaukee before the season, got to play hero.

Check the video, with Mets & Yankees radio coverage, plus the ESPN call.

For the first time in 11 years, the Mets sweep the series, which next year expands to 6 games with a pair of weekend series. The reeling Yankees have the day off, while the Mets head back to Flushing to open a 4-set with the similarly struggling Atlanta Braves. The Yankees head to Fenway for round 3 vs. Boston tomorrow, after the Red Sox were curb stomped by Colorado, 20-7, on Wednesday.