There were a lot of disappointed teams in the National League Central as none of the four clubs who made it to the postseason advanced past the first round – and combined for only one win.
Offense was an issue for everybody. The Cincinnati Reds went scoreless in all 22 innings. The Milwaukee Brewers scored two runs in their two games and the Chicago Cubs scored one. The St. Louis Cardinals scored 16 runs in their first two games but were shut out in the decisive Game 3 of their series against the San Diego Padres.
Read some of the statements made by executives at their end-of-season press conferences:
"We definitely will have the coaching staff looking, re-evaluating their messaging to the players, their approach to the players," Dick Williams, the Reds’ president of baseball operations, said Friday, "because at the end of the day, we want those guys to get more hits.