Never before had both Yankees and the Mets been in contention for the playoffs so later in the same season. For months New York supporters dreamed of the first Subway Series in nearly thirty years, as well as the Mets and the Yankees vied for his or her hearts.

Despite their nearly identical reports, both teams were drastically different in performance and clubhouse atmosphere. The Mets were a team filled up with hard-nosed players who gained over NY with their filthy uniforms, curtain calls, after-hours activities, and because, well, they weren’t the Yankees.

Meanwhile the Yankees presented a number of the game’s greatest talent. But the Yankees’ plethora of talent was conveniently overshadowed by their dominating owner, George Steinbrenner, whose daily intrusiveness made the 1985 Yankees show up more like a cleaning soap opera than a baseball team.

While the drama inside the Mets’ clubhouse only made the team even more endearing to fans, the drama inside the Yankees’ clubhouse had the contrary effect. The result was the most attention-grabbing and thrilling season NY would see in generations.