SUBWAY SERIES TRIVIA
1. Before the Yankees hosted the Mets in the first official series between the two teams in baseball history, who were the last two New York squads to face off during the regular season on Sept. 8, 1957?
2. Which Met pitcher threw the first complete game shutout of his career, 6-0, on June 16, 1997 in Yankee Stadium during the first regular season game ever played between the two clubs?
3. Who hit the first home run between the two teams?
4. Which undefeated Met pitcher got his first loss of the 1997 season against David Wells? Adding injury to insult, he was also knocked out of the game by a Luis Sojo line drive into his knee in the second inning.
5. Name the four skippers who have managed both the Mets and the Yankees.
6. There have been more than 60 players who have toiled for both New York baseball teams, but there is only one that has ever played for all four (Yanks, Mets, Dodgers and Giants) original NY teams. Who is he?
7. The Yankees played four games at Shea in 1998. Three were part of the Subway Series against the Mets. Who was the fourth game played against?
8. Which Met pitcher was taken out of the game on June 26, 1998, in favor of Mel Rojas, whose first pitch delivered to Paul O’Neill was turned into a 3-run homer that won the game for the Bombers?
9. Which Met pinch hitter, who cracked a game-winning single in the bottom of the ninth inning off Mariano Rivera to give the Mets a 9-8 win on July 10, is also the nephew of actor Kurt Russell?
10. The hit leader of the Yankees-Mets Subway Series is also the leader in hits in MLB interleague play. Who is it?

