(Getty Images)By David Saltzer - AngelsWin.com ColumnistIt was with much sadness that I got out the ladder and took down my Angels flag this week. With that act another Angels baseball season ended. No longer would I hear the sweet sound of a bat hitting a ball or the chatter of a game. The darkest part of the year had begun.But, unlike Matthew Pouliot who blogged after Sunday’s game that the Angels should be embarrassed about their loss to the Yankees, I’m not. I watched this team from the first game of Spring Training until the last out against the Yankees and I’m proud of everything that this team accomplished in 2009.If ever there was a season where the Angels had every reason not to contend, 2009 was it. Before the season got underway, the team suffered some serious blows. Both Ervin Santana and John Lackey started the season on the disabled list. Kelvim Escobar, whom many had hoped would recover from shoulder surgery, took a turn for the worse and never threw a pitch fo...
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Ervin Santana,
John Lackey,
Kelvim Escobar,
Shane Loux,
Matt Palmer,
Nick Adenhart,
Torii Hunter
TEAMS: Los Angeles Angels
TEAMS: Los Angeles Angels
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