They were just children then, two brothers sitting side-by-side, watching the players in Dodger blue streaking across a television screen in Southern California.
Even then, they often asked what if? What if they one day reached the big leagues? What if they played together? What if it was the other way around and they opposed one another?
Any option would have suited Chase and Travis d'Arnaud, who will meet as rivals beginning in Tuesday's Mets series opener against the Phillies.
"It's going to be real emotional for me and him and my mom and dad as well," Mets catcher Travis d'Arnaud said.