NEW YORK (MCT) — Whether the path of Nate McLouth’s towering fly ball was interrupted by the right-field foul here at Yankee Stadium will likely be discussed in Baltimore for years to come.

Instead, it harmlessly fell into the second deck of seats — an unfitting end to a season in which the Orioles forced the rest of baseball to take notice.

The Orioles’ first postseason in 15 years — let along the first winning season in that span — ended with frigid bats on a cold Gotham night, their unlikely course to the playoffs abruptly with a 3-1 loss to the Yankees in a do-or-die Game 5 of the American League Division Series on Friday night.