It’s a battle of the First and Second Cities when the Chicago Cubs visit the New York Mets for the weekend.
Better yet, the series opener on Friday night has something for everyone in New Yorker. No, Yankees fans aren’t suddenly becoming Mets fans while waiting for their 10:05 pm tilt with the Athletics. No, Chicagoans haven’t flocked to New York for a Citi Field invasion.
Rather, what makes tonight a fun watch is the pitching matchup: Chicago’s Jameson Taillon and New York’s Clay Holmes are former Yankees teammates who also came up through the Pittsburgh Pirates’ farm system together.