Ranking the 25 Most Infamous Moments of the Phillies-Mets Rivalry
July 2, 2012 by Greg Pinto
Filed under Fan News
Baseball is a sport marked by some of its great rivalries, but few have been as intense as the on-again, off-again battle between the Philadelphia Phillies and New York Mets since the 1960s.
It is a rivalry that has involved great players across generations. From Jim Bunning and Tom Seaver, to Darren Daulton and Doc Gooden, to Jimmy Rollins and Jose Reyes.
The rivalry has cooled off a bit and changed over the last several decades, but the fact remains that these are two teams with a pure dislike for each other, and it is easy to forge a rivalry in that manner.
So as the Phillies and Mets battle for another division title in 2012, what better time is there to take a look at what made this rivalry one of baseball’s all-time greats?