Phillies Vs. Mets: The Rise of a Rivalry

The Phillies-Mets rivalry has exploded into one of the best rivalries in sports with stars like Jose Reyes and Chase Utley fueling the fire. But it wasn't always this way. It seemed whenever one team was winning, the other couldn’t (or the Braves were beating both teams). Check out the events that gave birth to this heated match up.

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