The Good Old Days
This team formerly played at the Polo Grounds before jetting off to San Fransisco for good in 1958. Rumor has it that the team still meets up with the New York Football team of the same name when they are in town.
How many championships have the Yankees won, as they often like to remind others?
What is 27 Championships?
This stadium hosted Mets games from their third season in 1964 all the way through 2008. The Beatles also played there in 1965!
What is Shea Stadium?
This team won the only "Subway Series" World Series in 5 games in 2000, featuring both modern New York teams.
Who are the New York Yankees?
This player broke the color barrier in Major League Baseball by being the first Black player to start in a game for the Brooklyn Dodgers in 1947.
Who is Jackie Robinson?
This museum lies behind the wall of center field in Yankee stadium, housing a collection of monuments, plaques, and retired numbers honoring distinguished members of the New York Yankees
What is Monument Park?
https://baseballismy.life/attractions/monument-park/
The Mets beat this team in the World Series in 1986 after Bill Buckner famously botched a ground ball to first base, allowing the Mets to win game 6
This player capped off an emotional night in the first game to be played in New York following 9/11 after hitting a home run to take the lead.
This beloved New York Stadium sat close to Prospect Park on the intersection of Sullivan and Bedford, home to the New York Dodgers
What is Ebbets Field?
This policy was in place for Yankee players since 1976 until it was abolished this past offseason.
What is the facial hair policy?
https://www.si.com/mlb/five-former-yankees-unrecognizable-extinct-facial-hair-policy
This unofficial mascot helped propel the Mets to an unexpected and memorable playoff run in 2024
Who is Grimace?
This former Yankee ruffled some feathers in New York after signing a long term 15 year, $765 million contract with the Mets in the 2025 off season after being pursued heavily by both teams.
Who is Juan Soto?
This now demolished New York stadium in Washington Heights had some funky dimensions - under 300 ft walls in left and right field, with center field being 483 ft away (current average is 400 ft)!
What is the Polo Grounds?
How many championships have the Yankees won since the playoff system was introduced in 1969?
What is 7?
This player made an incredible wall climbing catch in Game 7 of the 2006 NLCS to rob Scott Rolen of a home run.
Who is Endy Chavez?
This player on the Mets dropped a ball in a 2009 Subway Series game to cost the Mets the game.
Who is Luis Castillo?
The first recorded baseball game under modern rules was played in 1846 at Elysian Fields in this neighborhood.
What is Hoboken?
This player was the shortstop and captain of the dominant Yankee dynasty in the late 90's and 2000's, winning titles in 1996, 1998, 1999, 2000, and 2009
This player cried on the field after learning he was being traded from the mets mid game on July 29th, 2015. The trade never went through due to medical reasons, and this player hit a walk off home run later that week.
These 2 New York teams met in the World Series 6 times between 1947 and 1956.
Who are the Brooklyn Dodgers and the New York Yankees?