[thehatfield]

Good point.

As for the poll, I thought about it but I really just sort of wanted to go for the "lore" angle (my deathblow statement is a nod to the unposted poll) and wanted a more general discussion on the blunder rather than it being the key moment of the Series. My thinking is that if the Cards were ever going to have a chance in the Series, it was lost right there and that's what amplifies the error to me.