It is a good year to be a New York baseball team. As a slightly truncated April came to a close on Saturday, the Yankees had the best record in the American League at 15-6 and the Mets were tied with the Milwaukee Brewers for the best record in the National League at 15-7.
While not without precedent, the sight of both New York teams on top of their respective leagues at the end of April has been rare in the 61 seasons that the Mets and Yankees have coexisted. The last time it happened was 1986 — a year that turned out pretty well for the Mets.