Yankeetorial: The Mets may have returned the favor for last year

To those of you scoring at home...

Last June, we went into the Subway Series riding high (relatively speaking, because the whole year sucked), knowing Carlos Delgato was done, Willie was crucified and the Mets were lambs. Well, Carlos woke up and smelled our coffee, much in the way Big Papi did earlier this month.

They pulled together; we fell apart.

This year, we were done entering this Subway Series. If not for Castillo, we'd have lost the first series. We bailed out against the Nats, cried through Atlanta -- then woke up, courtesy of our mortal backyard enemies.

Omens? None.

Karma? We'll take it.