Hollywood has played with the theme of identity switching quite often — whether Lily Tomlin morphed into Steve Martin in “All of Me” or Tom Hanks became “Big” or Nicolas Cage and John Travolta (spoiler alert) switched faces in “Face/Off.”
For two-plus weeks of this major league season, the New York baseball teams have gone all “Freaky Friday.” The Mets have taken on so many characteristics of what was anticipated for the Yankees — namely, winning a whole lot early.
We will see if the Mets’ 11-1 opening (through Friday) is indicative of where they are going, but here are a few ways they so far have emulated what we thought was coming for the 2018 Yankees:
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