"Ever."

Why would a national audience be interested in this recycled story about the Battle for New York?:

"It has been awhile since Cohen’s team has felt as if it were in the same league with the Yankees, even if the Mets have been to a World Series more recently than the Yanks have."

Facts don't matter.

Feelings matter.

 "Suddenly it feels as if Mets vs. Yankees is a fair fight again, as they get set to battle for the mythical city championship."

Ha ha ha. 

That really cracked me up.

It's mythical, alright. Indeed, it is.

If it's so "sudden," why do I read the same column every April?

"Mets fans feel the same way. There have been few times since the Yankees became the Yankees again under Joe Torre, in the mid-1990s, when the Mets have felt like anything other than the 'Other Team' in New York. They did make the 2015 Series, and they were a pitch away from the Series in ’06, when Carlos Beltrán took a called third strike to end Game 7 of the NLCS against the Cardinals, after the Yankees had lost an AL Division Series to the Tigers."

So ... it's not "never" that the Mets were in the same league as the Yankees. I didn't think so.

"But the last time the Mets owned New York in baseball, truly, was all the way back in 1986, when they were as big for that one season as any Yankee team had ever been."

Waaaaay back.

Imagine bringing it up in practically every column.