NEW YORK -- There is no escaping how weird it will be for the Tampa Bay Rays and New York Yankees to play three Rays "home games" at Citi Field, which is usually occupied by the Yankees' crosstown rival, the New York Mets.
However, Mets manager Terry Collins knows it won't be as odd for the teams, particularly the Rays, as it was the last time the Mets' home stadium hosted a Yankees game.
Citi Field will be the site of a regular-season game not involving the Mets for the first time ever on Monday night, when the Rays and Yankees square off in the opener of a three-game series originally scheduled to take place at Tropicana Field before the set was relocated due to Hurricane Irma.