Division Champs!

Congratulations to the Arizona Diamondbacks for becoming the NL Western Division Champs!

The Mets completed their collapse today, losing to the Florida Marlins 9-1. It was an ugly end to an ugly swoon, complete with Carlos Delgado getting his left hand fractured by a Dontrelle Willis pitch.

I expect to hear some gloating by "My Friend, the Yankees Fan." While the Mets were choking, the Yanks clawed back into the playoffs. But the Mets collapse does not bother me as much this year as it would most others. The Mets have had the Diamondbacks number for a long time and I'd just as soon not see them in the playoffs.

Seven of the eight voters in my latest poll said The D'Backs would finish atop the division. 1 voted that they'd finish as the wild card. No one though they'd fall out of the race altogether.

Go, Diamondbacks!

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