Athletic contests between New York and Philadelphia are often granted the most prolific stages their leagues have to offer.
Get-togethers between the New York Giants and Philadelphia Eagles are frequently flexed to national television. The New York Mets and Philadelphia Phillies have engaged in a long-standing NL East rivalry.
Meanwhile, the New York Yankees’ most recent world championship came against the Fightin’ Phils. And on the ice, the New York Rangers and Philadelphia Flyers co-starred in one of the NHL’s most memorable outdoors games in 2012.
Alas for the cities’ greenest commodities this side of the Phanatic, their Sunday reunion has garnered little fanfare.