Husbands and wives are separated by metal barricades.
Police are out in force.
This is more than just a series of baseball games. This, Mayor Rudolph Giuliani said Friday, is a time of crisis. If any of those at the rally had divided allegiances in the all-New York World Series that begins tonight, they kept their ambivalence to themselves. If anyone was looking for middle ground in Bryant Park, they were instead steered to the Mets or Yankees sides by the 200 police officers assigned to keep the peace. Down among the throngs, a man and a woman watched each other over the metal fences that divided them.