As a Red Sox fan imo it is kind of pick your poison. With The Twins you get the Dome and Johan Santana - with the Angels you get Vlad and a great bullpen. Neither will be easy series for the Sox to win. In fact I would just as soon go against the Yanks in round one rather than either Angels or Twins.
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OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) - The Anaheim Angels capped a stirring comeback with one final rally, and now they're champions of the AL West for the first time in 18 years.
Chasing Oakland and Texas for most of the season, the Angels scored three times in the eighth inning to beat the Athletics 5-4 Saturday and clinch the division title.
Darin Erstad hit a tying, two-run double and scored on Garret Anderson's single as the Angels earned their first playoff berth since 2002, when they won the World Series as the wild-card team.
The Angels trailed Oakland by two games last Monday. But after beating the A's for the second straight day, Anaheim had wrapped it up going into Sunday's season finale.
It's still not sure who the Angels will face in the first round of the playoffs - it will either be the New York Yankees or Boston.
The A's had won the division in three of the past four years, and made the playoffs in all of those seasons. They had lost in the first round each time.
Oakland's Eric Byrnes grabbed his helmet in disbelief and frustration when he flied out to left to end it, and a celebration ensued on the mound by the Angels.
Chasing Oakland and Texas for most of the season, the Angels scored three times in the eighth inning to beat the Athletics 5-4 Saturday and clinch the division title.
Darin Erstad hit a tying, two-run double and scored on Garret Anderson's single as the Angels earned their first playoff berth since 2002, when they won the World Series as the wild-card team.
The Angels trailed Oakland by two games last Monday. But after beating the A's for the second straight day, Anaheim had wrapped it up going into Sunday's season finale.
It's still not sure who the Angels will face in the first round of the playoffs - it will either be the New York Yankees or Boston.
The A's had won the division in three of the past four years, and made the playoffs in all of those seasons. They had lost in the first round each time.
Oakland's Eric Byrnes grabbed his helmet in disbelief and frustration when he flied out to left to end it, and a celebration ensued on the mound by the Angels.
