Just as last season ended with a perfect microcosm of the season, with a 1-0, manufactured win to cap the World Series championship...

...this season ends with a perfect microcosm of the season--a disappointing, error-filled, non-clutch hitting drubbing at the hands of a sub-.500 team.

Yes, wait till next year...and go A's, Tigers, Cards, Astros, Padres, Mets...anybody but the Yankees and Twins, please.

Maybe I'm HORRIBLY cynical for thinking this, but:

1. How many people in the Superdome tonight lived in the Lower 9th Ward?
2. How many people in the Superdome tonight are celebrating not the resurrection of New Orleans so much as the fact that their Saints season tickets aren't a waste of money because the Saints are in the Superdome again?

Just sayin'...enjoy the game.