Cubbies, White Sox, Angels & Brewers Done

The field of teams in the postseason has been cut in half. With both the Rays and the Red Sox finishing off their best-of-five series yesterday, the matchups are set for the League Championship Series.

While the Angels and the White Sox put up a bit of a fight, the Cubs and Brewers didn't amount to much this postseason. With a combined record of 0-6, makes me wonder about what that says about the strength of the National League Central Division.

Any team can lose a playoff series, but how do the Cubs, who had a near-dominant regular season, not even show up against the Los Angeles Dodgers? In the three losses, the Cubs were outscored 20-6. I expected them to show better than they did, especially with home-field advantage. Of course, there's always next year for the North-siders.