The best sporting event on TV last night may, inconceivably, have been a May baseball game.
Baseball games this early in the season rarely register on the radar of non-diehard fans, especially when both the NBA and NHL playoffs are still in full swing. To get someone to change the channel to baseball at this point in the year, you'd need, let's say, a special match-up between rivals, involving multiple dramatic historical storylines, and a nailbiter of a thrilling conclusion. Last night's Subway Series game between the Yankees and Mets was exactly that.
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The game was hyped for plenty of reasons: Mets phenom/savior Matt Harvey was pitching his first game against the Yankees, while legendary Yankees closer Mariano Rivera was bidding farewell to his crosstown rival. (Rivera is retiring at the end of this season.) The Sandman was even given the honor of throwing out the game's ceremonial first pitch to longtime Mets reliever John Franco.
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