FLUSHING, NY - APRIL 5: Relief pitcher Armando Benitez #49 of the New York Mets delivers the pitch during the game against the Montreal Expos at Shea Stadium on April 5, 2003 in Flushing, New York. The Mets defeated the Expos 3-1. (Photo by Ezra Shaw/Getty Images)
In 2003, the New York Yankees were going one way while the New York Mets were going another. They would make it to the World Series and lose against the Florida Marlins. Trade deadline buyers this year, the Yankees did the impossible and actually struck a deal with the Mets.