The 2002 Angels were a damn good team. Their pythagorean W-L was 101-61 and they won 99 games. Not even close to an overachieving team.
He messed up Game 2. What other game did he mess up? No one wins every time in the playoffs. How many times has LaRussa failed?
And if you could knock down the condescending attitude a notch or two that'd be awesome, too.