The Major League Baseball schedule makers got one right in a big way. The MLB schedule for 2026 was released this week and while many fan bases are skimming through the schedule to see how the schedule makers hurt their team with travel or road trips and the like, the schedule makers made sure to get the most important date right.
The Yankees will take on the Mets on September 11th. On the 25th Anniversary of the horrific attacks both teams will remain in New York to play against one another.
The games will take place in the Bronx and 9-11 will be the first game of the three-game series.
The Yankees and Mets also played on the 20th anniversary of the attacks, that game was at Citi Field on Sept. 11, 2021. Fans have had an outcry for years to make the interleague matchup a yearly event on the Anniversary every year, but so far it seems baseball is fine with them meeting every five years.
The last time they play on the historic date the Yankees won 8-7 backed by a power surge by Aaron Judge who called the event "very emotional".
The two rivals will also play a three-game set at Citi Field in mid-May.