It turns out 2024 is not so bad of a time to be a New York baseball fan, after all, because we all know the city is better when both teams are good. The Yankees have been atop that mantle all season as the best team in the American League.

It’s reminiscent of two years ago, when the Mets arrived in Atlanta for the penultimate series of the season leading the NL East by one game over the Braves. Atlanta swept their three-game set, securing a tiebreaker that decided the division title days later when both clubs finished 101-61 en route to early playoff exits.