Houston Astros secure the most embarrassing kind of Major League Baseball history with AL West win

When Major League Baseball changed the schedule to ensure that the final day of the regular season featured all 15 games starting within a few minutes of each other, Sunday is what they envisioned. Mostly.

While most postseason spots and seeds were decided either within the last week or the last few days, there were two races that came down to the final day of the year. The American League West race featured the Houston Astros and Texas Rangers entering the day tied at 80-81, remarkably...