Well, that was it, ladies and germs. The Angels, with tonight’s heartbreaking, extra-inning loss to the White Sox was all that the Minnesota Twins needed to happen in order for them to clinch a Wild Card spot. That means the Halos’ are officially dead and gone. Their destiny, as it turns out, was to be a footnote to a footnote; a fun, but brief, run that gave fans just enough hope to make the inevitable Buttercup sting even more than it already does.
The season was really over when the team lost five days ago, when Yusmeiro Petit got knocked around by the Astros in a must-win series.