Mets return home, host Cardinals

There are maybe a handful of rivalries as bitter as the mid 80s New York Mets-St. Louis Cardinals. Put in simple terms, the two teams hated each other.

There are maybe a handful of rivalries as bitter as the mid 80s New York Mets-St. Louis Cardinals. Put in simple terms, the two teams hated each other.

The tension between the two franchises has subsided over the years after the rivals went in different directions after realignment and the addition of interleague play reduced the number of times the two teams played head-to-head in the regular season.