They were playing with the unrestrained joy of children, these grown men frolicking among the flurries in Kansas City, all but making actual snow Angels.
In dropping the first two games to Boston by a combined score of 19-1, the Angels lost their seven-game winning streak, their momentum and, quite possibly, their mojo.
"Anytime you get an off day… it's definitely welcomed," he said. "I don't think the two days had any lingering effect to where we didn't offensively attack the ball the way we can or even on the mound make the pitches."
The Angels had rolled to the best 16-game (13-3) start in franchise history and won 10 of 11 before encountering a Red Sox team also off to an all-time great start.