Word: subways
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...last time the world saw a subway series was 44 years ago in 1956, after which both the Giants and Dodgers left New York. The Mets were spawned in 1962, and since then New York City has been the site of a constant ongoing rivalry. This series is the culmination of 39 years of trash-talking and angry debate as fans rub elbows in the subways, in sports bars--the city makes escape impossible. Thirty-nine years of pride is now on the line: This is what the city has been waiting for. Make no mistake, the games played this...
...Subway Series...
...Rivera and Jim Leyritz, a dynasty has been resurrected. The Yankees ascended in 1996, stumbled in 1997, were arguably the best team ever in 1998, and barely let up in 1999. They are playing for their third straight World Series crown - look at the last five years, and a Subway Series is just another occasion for the Yankees to dispatch their latest victim while saving on airfare. The recent Mets, meanwhile, have more spirit than stars, more of a habit of late-season collapses than of clutch play, and at best a talent for losing with admirable scrappiness. Until this...
...Subway Series...
...Besides, they've got a Subway Series to worry about...