John Cougar Lunchbucket wrote: Was it Rogers who derailed the season by starting the magic number countdown last Independence Day? I'll take the blame for that. But in my defense, the Mets were up. Heck, there was a Kevin Kiernan Post column right around this time that declared the division over because of how the Mets handled the Dodgers during a weekend series. GRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR. Well, CLEARLY being 1 and a half up on August 21st is not the time to start playing games with Baseball Karma!