As Friday's rainout forced the Yankees to wait an extra day for their Subway Series battle with the Mets to begin, they could see calamity happening across town for a change.

While the Yankees are in last place and ready for the next Hank Steinbrenner shot to come at any time -- especially with Johan Santana going for the Mets against his club Saturday -- they don't have the train-wreck feel of their crosstown rivals.

The Mets held a closed-door meeting to clear the air after Billy Wagner again violated manager Willie Randolph's request to keep problems "in-house." This time, Wagner had said some of his teammates were not accountable to the media and were constantly leaving it up to players such as himself to provide answers.

Randolph, meanwhile, acknowledged his "head's on the block" after last season's historic collapse and this year's slow start.

Amazingly, as bad as the Yankees' season has gone so far with injuries, poor offense and starting pitching, the Mets' chaos has deflected some attention away from the Bronx.

METS AT YANKEES, PPD: The game was postponed because of rain and was not immediately rescheduled for this weekend because the Mets already have a doubleheader Tuesday. It likely will be played as part of a two-ballpark day-night doubleheader when the two teams meet again June 27-29.

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