Why, oh why?

SI.com's Tom Verducci has written a good article listing what he sees as the reasons for the A's continued postseason woes. Some of what he says reminds me of what the manager of the Cleveland Indians says in the movie Major League: "This is a simple game - you throw the ball, you hit the ball, you catch the ball..." According to Verducci, the A's continually fail to do at least two of these baseball fundamentals in the postseason.