The Subway Series between the New York Mets and New York Yankees is consistently one of the most compelling matchups in all of baseball. But this year had significantly more buzz with the league's new highest-paid player,

With the Yankees and Mets considered championship contenders in the season’s early going, a repeat of 2000 is within the realm of possibility.

With the baseball world fixated on New York, the Bronx’s half of the Subway Series concluded with an 8-2 victory for the home team on Sunday Night Baseball. The Bombers secured a series win in the eighth inning,