Ever since the Brooklyn Dodgers and the New York Giants left town, the phrase “Subway Series” has only been used when talking about Major League Baseball history. It seemed like the Yankees and the crosstown Mets where never good at the same time. That wasn’t the case when the city was a three-team town.
The first Subway Series took place in 1921 when the Giants and Yankees met for the first of three straight World Series matchups. The two would meet again in 1936, 1937, and 1951. The Yankees and Dodgers played each other in their first Subway Series in 1941.