When the Mets misplaced to the Dodgers in October, certain, there was disappointment, but in addition a big-picture sense of accomplishment and little criticism. It was a job properly carried out for 2024.
When the Yankees misplaced to the Dodgers in October, they have been handled as in the event that they have been the White Sox — inept losers. Their first World Series look in 15 years is not going to be remembered as triumph, however quite failure.
For the Mets, these gentler occasions at the moment are gone. Juan Soto introduced not simply himself from The Bronx. Because of the scope of his expertise and report contract, he introduced the Yankees’ rings-or-misery actuality with him.
And it wasn’t as if at Soto’s introductory press convention Thursday any of the necessary principals diminished the flames.