MLB Showdown Obsession

 New York has always been a divided sports city. With the exception of 1958-1961, there has always been at least two teams in the city always fighting for the headlines in the NY papers. Yankees and Mets fans very rarely agree on much, but every so often something comes along that both sides can come together and toast...the humiliation of Boston with "It gets through Buckner!" is definitely one of those things. Tired of falling just short of the playoffs, the Mets entered 1986 ready to take names, and take names they did as they ran away with the NL East with a 108-54 record and a big 21.5 game lead over 2nd place St. Louis. Manager Davey Johnson and company were back in the playoffs for the first time since 1973. The NLCS would be a bit of a challenge, though. The Houston Astros were their opponent and their Cy Young act Mike Scott was dealing. Scott shut down the Mets in a 1-0 shutout to give first blood to the Astros. The Mets responded with back-to-back wins, but Scott ...