Metsblog tries to back out of jinx

Metsblog posted a poll asking its readers whether to post the magic number. 85 percent of the respondents replied either 'NO' or to wait til the number hit 10. Matt Cerrone posted it anyway, at 14, and is now insisting his readers wanted him to post it, and is annoyed at the negative comments he's getting, now that the decision looks so foolish.

Here's my response to Matt:

You say 56 percent said 'post it.' Hmmmm. But 44 percent said don't post it at all, the largest percentage, and 41 percent said post it only when it hit 10. Eight percent said do it at 15, and the other 8 percent said post it immediately. So you posted it at 14, which only 16 percent of your voters agreed with.

How exactly is that the majority? Yes, 56 percent said post it, but the vast majority of those respondents wanted to wait til it hit 10.

If the poll had 2 choices - post it or not - it's clear the majority would have voted no. But by your tortured logic, the majority wanted you to post it, so you did so immediately.

Why have a poll at all if you won't listen to the respondents?

And now you say: "I worried that you might be jinxing the team, since the majority said to ‘Post It,’ but that is decision that the majority of you made – and now we must live with it."

NO, Matt, YOU must live with it. You went your own way on this one - don't blame your readers. Please.