Mets, Jets, Rangers all home on fluky Sunday

The Mets have not often played this late into October in their history. They won the 1969 World Series on Oct. 16, one calendar date before they began the 2015 NLCS.

That helps explain a New York sports quirk that will unfold Sunday night:

For only the second time ever, according to STATS, the Mets, Jets and Rangers all will play home games on the same day, with the Mets hosting the Cubs, the Jets the Redskins and the Rangers the Devils.

The only other time was Oct. 17, 1999, when the Mets hosted the Braves in Game 5 of the NLCS, the Jets hosted the Colts and the Rangers hosted the Thrashers.

By Neil Best

Special to Newsday@sportswatch

Neil Best first worked at Newsday in 1982, returned in 1985 after a detour to Alaska and has been here since, specializing in high schools, college basketball, the NFL and most recently sports media and business.