Goony makes a good point. Calling them lucky does nothing to take away the fact that they played very well this year. The luck part is derived from getting so many good pitching performances out of so many, heretofore mediocre pitchers (aside for Buerhle). The starting pitching and the out of nowhere good bullpen, coupled with a weak division covered their horrible offense, and, as we all know, strong pitching dominates in a short series, so they capitalized and blew away the competition.