Marlins do it again, win 4-2 in Shea Stadium’s final game, to eliminate the Mets from post-season contention on the final day of the year

SCOTT JACOBS

The Yankees found out earlier this week that nothing lasts forever.  The Mets are wondering why they keep getting trampled by the Marlins, who stomped on New York’s post-season hopes for the second year in a row.

That means, that the Milwaukee Brewers, who beat the Chicago Cubs behind another brilliant performance from C.C. Sabathia 3-1, are going to the playoffs for the first time, since 1982!

For the Mets and their fans, it was another devastating way to close the season. New York looked well on its way to a playoff spot (and redemption) a couple weeks ago, but yesterday the Phillies sealed off another NL East crown, and today, the Marlins dusted off the “ol’ does any team play in bigger in games that you’re not supposed to win” jerseys to end Shea Stadium.

So here’s how the NL Playoffs will look.  Two teams from the same division cannot face each other in the first round, so here are the NLDS matchups:

3) Los Angeles Dodgers versus 1) Chicago Cubs
4) Milwaukee Brewers versus 2) Philadelphia Phillies

I said at the beginning of the year, that the only way the Mets don’t win the division is if they collapse again.  Well, they did.  More interestingly though our the picks we made at around the All-Star Break .  Surprisingly, some of us did very well.

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