They are Boys of Summer now, even in the chill of April, Opening Day for the mushrooming of a torrid love affair between a championship-starved fan base and a star-crossed franchise that has waited 30 years to be reignited like this.
The names front and center now are Harvey, deGrom, Syndergaard and Matz, a riveting Fearsome Foursome quarterbacked by catcher Travis d’Arnaud.
“It’s an honor. This could possibly be the best pitching staff in all history,” d’Arnaud told The Post.
In all history?
“Has there ever been four fireballers like that? I can’t think of any,” d’Arnaud said.