Editing Philadelphia Phillies (section)

===New York Mets===
{{Main|Mets–Phillies rivalry}}
[[File:Philadelphia Phillies versus New York Mets at Citizens Bank Park 9-29-2017.jpg|thumb|alt=Photograph of the Phillies playing division rival New York Mets at Citizens Bank Park |The Phillies play division rival [[New York Mets]] at [[Citizens Bank Park]] on September 29, 2017]]
The rivalry between the New York Mets and the Phillies has been said to be among the "hottest" rivalries in the National League.<ref>{{cite web| url=http://www.nydailynews.com/sports/baseball/mets/2008/04/11/2008-04-11_metsphillies_rivalry_looking_like_what_m-2.html| title=Mets-Phillies rivalry looking like what Mets-Braves used to be| last=Bondy| first=Filip| date=April 11, 2008| work=[[New York Daily News]]| access-date=June 15, 2009| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180322214658/http://www.nydailynews.com/sports/baseball/mets/mets-phillies-rivalry-mets-braves-article-1.281288| archive-date=March 22, 2018| url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite book| url= https://books.google.com/books?id=K_e8KWxmo_kC&q=Mets-Phillies+rivalry&pg=PA10 | title=Philadelphia Phillies Past & Present| page=10| first=Rich| last=Westcott| publisher=[[MVP Books]]| year=2010| access-date=July 15, 2011| isbn=9781610600989}}</ref> The two National League East divisional rivals have met each other recently in playoff, division, and wild card races.

Aside from several brawls in the 1980s, the rivalry remained low-key before the 2006 season,<ref>{{cite news |last=Bondy |first=Filip |date=May 24, 2006 |title=Despite long game, rivalry long way off |url=https://www.nydailynews.com/2006/05/24/despite-long-game-rivalry-long-way-off/ |access-date=2025-02-12 |work=[[New York Daily News]]}}</ref> as the teams had seldom been equally good at the same time. Since 2006, the teams have battled for playoff position. The Mets won the division in 2006 and contended in 2007 and 2008, while the Phillies won five consecutive division titles from 2007 to 2011.<ref>{{cite web| url=http://philadelphia.phillies.mlb.com/mlb/gameday/index.jsp?gid=2011_09_17_slnmlb_phimlb_1&mode=recap&c_id=phi| title=High Phive: Phils clinch fifth straight East title| date=September 17, 2011| access-date=September 18, 2011| first=Mike| last=Radano| website=Philadelphia Phillies| publisher=[[MLB]]| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110923192343/http://philadelphia.phillies.mlb.com/mlb/gameday/index.jsp?gid=2011_09_17_slnmlb_phimlb_1&mode=recap&c_id=phi| archive-date=September 23, 2011| url-status=dead}}</ref> The Phillies' 2007 Eastern Division Title was won on the last day of the season as the Mets lost a seven-game lead with 17 games remaining.

There is a long-standing bitter rivalry between the sports fans from [[Sports in the New York metropolitan area|New York City]] and [[Sports in Philadelphia|Philadelphia]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://mlb.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20080418&content_id=2547443&fext=.jsp&c_id=nym|date=April 18, 2008|title=Wagner downplays Mets–Phils rivalry|first=Ken|last=Mandel|work=MLB.com|publisher=Mets.MLB.com|access-date=June 4, 2012|quote=Philadelphia fans hate New York fans and New York fans [hate Philadelphia fans]...Eagles fans and Giants fans don't get along, and Flyers supporters haven't been known to break bread with those wearing Rangers jerseys.}}</ref> which are approximately two hours apart by car,<ref>{{cite news|title=Mets Can't Even Pick a Good Fight|date=April 4, 2004|first=David|last=Waldstein|page=Sports.9|newspaper=The Star-Ledger|quote=You've got the proximity, a natural rivalry between the cities, and there are fans of both clubs in Jersey.}}</ref> seen also between the [[Eagles–Giants rivalry|New York Giants and the Philadelphia Eagles]] in the [[National Football League]], and the [[Flyers–Rangers rivalry|New York Rangers and the Philadelphia Flyers]] in [[National Hockey League]].<ref>{{cite news|title=A City's Hopes Fly High on the Wings of Eagles|date=January 5, 2001|first=Peter|last=Mucha|newspaper=The Philadelphia Inquirer|page=A1|quote=New York teams—the Mets, Rangers, Giants and Knicks—rank among Philadelphia's most loathed rivals.}}</ref> Games between the two teams at [[Citi Field]] and [[Citizens Bank Park]] are often very intense, hard-hitting affairs, as each home crowd does its best to create an unfriendly, sometimes volatile atmosphere for any visiting-team fans.<ref name="NewYorkPhiladelphia">{{cite web|url=http://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=555008|title=Garden memories special for van Riemsdyk|date=March 4, 2011|first=Adam|last=Kimelman|work=NHL.com|publisher=National Hockey League|access-date=March 5, 2011|quote=Games between the Flyers and Rangers almost always are intense, hard-hitting affairs...'You have that feeling when you come into Philly and you know when they come into New York the fans are going to be pumped up.'}}</ref>