Time to Get Subway Serious

Yankees fans celebrate during the 7th inning of Tuesday's game.
The Big Apple is now the Big Baseball. The Mets are NL champs. The Yankees are AL champs. And we'll have our first Subway Series since 1956. Jayson Stark writes about the hardball hysteria in New York and why this Fall Classic will be one for the ages.
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