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Cheer for New York City’s sports teams — with Yankees, Mets and Liberty all in postseason play

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Cheer for New York City’s sports teams — with Yankees, Mets and Liberty all in postseason play

A trifecta of New York City sports clubs — Mets, Yankees and Liberty — are beginning simultaneous postseason championship drives.

It’s another magical time for Big Apple sports fans and everyday New Yorkers to come together in support of our hometown heroes.

The three-team run are welcome distractions from our divisive national politics, the swirl of scandal surrounding City Hall and a potentially crippling dockworkers strike.

On Saturday, slugger Aaron Judge and the Yankees, the American League’s top-seed, will face the winner of the AL wild-card series between the Orioles and Royals.

The Bronx Bombers finished with the best record in the AL — Judge pounded a league-best 58 homers — giving them home-field advantage through the playoffs.

The Mets, meanwhile, notched a wild-card berth on Monday and to begin their journey to the World Series.

Their MVP candidate Francisco Lindor’s sensational go-ahead, two-run home run on Monday in Atlanta powered the “Amazins” into the postseason.

And the New York Liberty, led by All-Stars Breanna Stewart, Sabrina Ionescu and Jonquel Jones, are looking to dethrone the defending WNBA champs, the Las Vegas Aces, in a best-of-five series.

The Gotham hoopsters boasted the league’s best win-loss record.

Our hometown teams need to keep it up on their roads to their respective 2024 championships.

Keep the joy coming! Keep hope alive!

Think: World Series subway series.

Go, New York!

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