FOXSports posted a list of top 10 Major League Baseball Rivalries.  Here they are in reverse order with some commentary from PRO Rumors:

10.  Cubs – Brewers: The teams first met in 1997 (when the Brewers made the jump to the NL). Now 83 miles of freeway separate the teams. Miller Park is often dubbed “Wrigley North” when the two division rivals meet. The Cubs lead the seres 103-90.

9.  Braves – Mets: The Braves hold a comfortable series lead over the Mets with a 355-291-1 regular season record, but the two have split their two post season series’. In the early 2000’s the rivalry was pretty big considering John Rocker and his foul mouth was on the Braves. And don’t forget Robin Ventura’s grand slam single in 1999.

8.  Yankees – Mets: The first Subway Series between the two teams finally occurred in 2000 where the Yankees won in five games, and have had bragging rights ever since. One notable memory was the Roger Clemens and Mike Piazza feud. The Yankees lead the series 42-30 in the regular season.

7.  Rays – Red Sox: This is a relatively new rivalry, but many cannot forget the ALCS of 2008 nor can you forget Gerald Williams charging the mound at Pedro Martinez when he was working on a no-hitter. The most recent memory is Evan Longoria going after the women of Boston via text message.

6.  White Sox – Cubs: The South Side versus the North Side. The White Sox lead the series 37-35 and they beat the Cubs in their only World Series meeting in 1906.  Let’s remember Ozzie Guillen’s famous quote, “But one thing about Wrigley Field, I puke every time I go there.”

5.  Yankees – Dodgers: These two teams used to be regulars in the Fall Classic, most notably in the late 1970’s and early 19080’s. They have met in the World Series 11 times with the Yankees taking eight of them. The rivalry has since been renewed with Interleague play and the two will face off in Los Angeles in June of this year. Despite Interleague play going on since 1997, the two teams have not played in the Bronx yet.  You would think that MLB would make an effort to schedule the series in New York with Joe Torre and Don Mattingly with the Dodgers. The Yankees lead the all-time series 38-31.

4.  Phillies – Mets: This rivalry has been one-sided lately with the Phillies being so dominant in the NL East. The rivalry could be traced back to then-Phillie and former Met Tug McGraw, at the 1980 Phillies’ World Series victory parade, he told the crowd that New York could “take this championship and shove it!” The Phillies old a 438-381-1 advantage over the Mets.

3.  Cardinals – Cubs: Despite the Cubs leading the overall series 1082-1038-17 (yes, there were ties), the Cardinals have their Chicago counterpart beat in almost every other category: World Series Championships (10-2), MVPs (20-10) and the 1998 Home Run Champion (Mark McGwire over Sammy Sosa) to name a few. One little known fact was midway through “Take Me Out to the Ball Game” at Wrigley Field in 2001, Cardinals announcer Jack Buck swapped his Cards hat for his Cubs hat.

2.  Yankees – Red Sox: What?  MLB’s cash cow is only ranked #2? The Yankees lead the series 1119-934-14. The Yankees lead the post season series (2-1), but the 2004 ALCS was worth it for Sox fans around the world when they came back from an 0-3 deficit to win the pennant and then the World Series. This series may not have been what it is today if Babe Ruth was never traded from Boston to New York, or maybe it was Pedro Martinez versus Don Zimmer that caught the world’s attention.

1.  Dodgers – Giants: This is one of the oldest rivalries in sports dating back to the late 1800’s. The Giants hold a series advantage of 1080-1068-12, but the Dodgers hold a 6-5 World Series titles lead. The teams haven’t played in an NL championship series of what we are familiar with today, but the two teams played in two three-game tie breakers including the 1951 “Shot Heard ‘Round The World” when Bobby Thomson of the New York Giants hit a home run to beat the Dodgers and clinch the pennant.

Honorable mention:

Bad News Bears versus the Yankees.