2014 MLB Playoffs: The Fall of the Los Angeles Angels

The best team in baseball.

The Los Angeles Angels proudly held that label for the latter part of the 2014 regular season. After all, they had the best record in the league (98-64), the best offense (first in runs scored) and a well-rounded pitching staff which included before-injury Cy Young candidate Garrett Richards.

Then the playoffs began.

Five days later, the players from the best team in baseball were cleaning out their lockers. Gone. Swept in three games by the Kansas City Royals in the American League Divisional Series.

The Angels collapse ca...

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