The low, persistent rumbling hours before first pitch. The dueling “Let’s go Mets!” and “Let’s go Yankees!” that rang out immediately after the national anthem was sung.

They cheered McNeil, who said later that he’s been a regular target of Hoskins. And they did, actually, go to the old standby, “Let’s go, Mets!” A couple of times, in fact.

If you happen to hear chants of “Let’s go, Mets” coming from the North Meadow fields of Central Park, it is most likely for the Mets from the Metropolitan Museum of Art, not Flushing, Queens ...