NEW YORK -- For a handful of Mets, these were their first Subway Series experiences. Others had been on this stage once, maybe twice before -- enough to understand the concept, but maybe not truly realize the energy that a sold-out, divided crowd can provide.
From his perch behind the plate throughout the Mets' 5-1 win over their interborough rivals on Friday, Travis d'Arnaud heard the pro-Yankees chants. He heard the pro-Mets ones.
d'Arnaud stopped and grinned as he recanted the story.
"The Mets ones were louder," he said.
So it went throughout the most impactful regular-season Subway Series -- at least on the standings -- in history.