Mets' season opener vs. Royals moved to Sunday Night Baseball on ESPN
New York Mets catcher Travis d'Arnaud (7) cannot get the ball thrown by New York Mets first baseman Lucas Duda (21) in the ninth inning as Kansas City Royals first baseman Eric Hosmer (35) scores the tying run during Game 5 of the World Series at Citi Field on Sunday, Nov. 1, 2015. Credit: Jim McIsaac
The Mets hoped to finish the 2015 season in Kansas City, but a loss in Game 5 of the World Series meant they must wait until April 3, 2016, for a return visit to the Royals.
Still, the World Series rematch is sufficiently attractive that ESPN will televise the game nationally at 8:30 p.m. Eastern Time, the finale of a tripleheader that will begin with the Cardinals at the Pirates at 1 p.m. on ESPN and the Blue Jays at the Rays at 4 p.m.
The Yankees will open at 1 p.m. Monday, April 4, by hosting the Astros, the team that defeated them in the wild-card round of the American League playoffs.
So both New York teams will have mild measures of revenge on their minds when they begin the new season.
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.
