Which is the better games to go to NY mets or Yankees (Tourist)

Either is a good visit. Maybe get around to both! They're both great places to see a game. Unfortunately, neither historic stadium exists anymore. The old Yankee Stadium closed after the 2008 season (well, I'm old-school and say it REALLY got torn down after the 1973 season, but I digress), and Shea Stadium became acquainted with the wrecking ball after the team met its own wrecking ball of terrible play to end 2008. Too bad, I really loved both old parks, though I would have loved to see Yankee Stadium in its pre-renovation days, and call me crazy, but I did love Shea.

Both current parks opened in 2009. Both have enough bells and whistles to make people forget about baseball. But if you concentrate hard enough, you'll remember there's a game happening. Just saying.

I will say, the area around Yankee Stadium isn't a place I'd want to find myself in on a NON-game day, except maybe if I was going directly there for a tour. However, on a game day, it's a festival atmosphere, it's fine. I've even been there, as a Mets fan, at a Yankees-Mets game, in which Mets second baseman Luis Castillo literally dropped the game with two out in the ninth inning. I still escaped alive. I feel fine going to a game at either park - don't let perceived neighborhood safety stop you. Literally millions go to each park each year without incident.

You'd also get to see both types of games - the American League offense-heavy variety in the Bronx, or the real baseball of the National League in Queens where every player plays both offense and defense. Hey, I'm old-fashioned.

Tickets are difficult for either, maybe a little easier for the Mets, but much of that depends on the opponent. Seeing the Yankees play Boston is much more difficult than, say, seeing them play Kansas City. Same for the Mets and Philadelphia rather than, oh, Pittsburgh.

Subway to Citi Field (Mets) - from midtown, take a Flushing-bound (7) local or <7> express train to the 2nd-to-last stop (Mets/Willets Point Boulevard). Or, take the Long Island Rail Road's Port Washington Branch from Penn Station to the Mets-Willets Point Boulevard station.

Subway to Yankee Stadium (Yankees) - from midtown, take a Bronx-bound (4), (B), or (D) train to 161st St/Yankee Stadium (B/D schedules vary during rush hours and weekends, just follow the Yankees fans and you'll be fine). Another option is Metro North Railroad from Grand Central or Harlem to the Stadium, but that makes little sense as it's more expensive and the (4) stops at both of those anyway. And the (4) station is closer to the park than the MNRR station is.

I would not consider taking a taxi to either. Mass transit is fast (probably even faster, looking at those packed postgame parking lots), and trust me, your wallet will be hurting enough already after the game. You're talking upwards of $30 cab fare each way to/from either park.