Well, Cerrone has done it. He ignored his readers (a large fan base) and posted the Magic Number on Friday, September 12th which has effectively jinxed the Mets. I checked the results of the polls. He said in his post that 44% didn’t want him to post it, calling us paranoid (well baseball people are superstitious by nature), which is true. I think 44% is a pretty large number for him to say the “majority” of readers weren’t as paranoid. Here were the results at the end of the poll:
- Never, DO NOT Post It (44%, 2,066 Votes)
- Between 10 and 0 (41%, 1,907 Votes)
- Between 20 and 15 (8%, 361 Votes)
- Between 15 and 10 (8%, 355 Votes)
IF Cerrone was going by the majority, then 44% wins it. But fine, he likes to play with graphics and it’s his site so it’s his way. But the MAJORITY of the Mets fans that wanted it posted did not want it up there until it was at least 10. Cerrone put it up at 15. Sure Matt, the graphic is cute, but why aren’t you listening to the readers of your site? Since when is 8% the majority?
Either way, Cerrone has jinxed the Mets..again. I am not sure why it’s happening, but what he needs to do is take the magic number DOWN. And just not post it. Ever. He can talk about it all he wants, but he MUST take it down. That is the only way to rectify it. How many games does this team have to lose because he realizes it?
So here is a poll of my own, how many of you think Cerrone should take down the magic number immediately?
Pete Lappin (3)
