Aside from being the favorites to meet in the World Series and from being among the teams ousted in the first round of the playoffs, the Cubs and the Angels have something else in common.
They forgot how to do the things that made them the talk of baseball this season.
In the Cubs case, everything shut down at once .. pitching, hitting, defense. If you can't do the three basic fundamentals of baseball, the success rate won't be real high.
In the case of the Angels, it was "waste not, want not." One player left 14 runners on base by himself in four games. The Halos surrendered three runs Sunday night by not catching a 150-foot fly ball. They surrendered two more runs because they couldn't turn a double play.
On to the next round. The games should get better over the next 2 1/2 weeks.
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