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Coming off a season where they were swept by their cross-town rivals, who would think that the Mets could ever win a six game series against the Yankees and sweep a three game home stand. It seems as though the unthinkable happened on Sunday. For the first time since interleague play started, the Mets won the Subway Series against the Yankees. While they still trail in the lifetime matchup, that was of little consequence Sunday. Surprisingly, the Mets victories came with the help of their bats and not their pitching. They scored 27 runs in the 3 games at Shea Stadium, but only won by one run in the games on Saturday and Sunday.
Last week, Art Howe changed the rotation to save Tom Glavine, the Mets ace, for games against the Phillies and Marlins, giving them a chance to make progress in the NL East. While the interleague games may mean little in the standings, Cliff Floyd knows that fans love them. After Sunday's perfect ending, he said the following about Mets fans, "It isn't easy for those people. I know that. We know that. You got Yankees fans all around you, and they're a great team. It feels good to be able to give out fans something to feel good about. The way they support us, and the way the have to fight Yankees fans, they deserve this. They earned this. It's good to be a New York Mets fan right now."
That may be so, but the Mets now have to take care of business in the NL East. They have a string of games with the Phillies and Marlins with buoyed confidence from victories against the best team in baseball.
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This was a great series. While being a Met fan, I can come out of it happier than the average Yankee fan, I think it's safe to say that the games were exciting. There were a fair share of fantastic plays, hard hitting, borderline calls, and lead changes.
And at the end of it all, the Yankee division lead is unphased, Shea stadium fans are finally starting to show some enthusiasm, Ty Wigginton is stating his case for remaining a Met, or just helping the Mets get a better trade with how well he's been hitting as of late, and the Mets are proving themselves more.
As a Yankee fan, I whole-heartedly agree. I went to the last two games and it was definitely an exciting series with a lot of back and forth scoring. I especially don't mind the loss so much since the effects of the game on the yankees and their standings in the AL East were minimal.
As for getting Wiggy with it, he definitely botched more than a couple of plays in the field and if I were the Mets brass I'd trade his arse while his bat is hot and bring up Wright, aka "the next Scott Rolen".