New faces join Phils-Mets rivalry

Link: | Philadelphia Inquirer | 07/22/2008.

No city in America buzzes about a big baseball series quite like New York, and though the rivalry between the Phillies and the Mets isn't as intense or deeply rooted as the one between the Boston Red Sox and the Yankees, Shea Stadium will crackle with electricity as the National League East lead goes up for grabs tonight.

The Yankees will also be in town, against Minnesota, but Yanks-Twins doesn't match up to Mets-Phillies, not the way things have gone between the teams for the last year or so.