A rather lousy team, Tampa Bay, helped knock out the Indians from the playoffs ('05) in the last week when even a couple wins would do the trick. KC, which was dominated the rest of the year by Detroit (and everyone else -- they had the worst record in baseball), finally knocked Detroit out of first place (they play the Yanks as a Wild Card) on the last day -- completing a sweep in which KC repeatedly came back to win. Mets fans had flashbacks given Kenny Rogers was the losing pitcher (a hit this time) in extras after loading the bases.
The Astros lost via unearned runs, more sloppy defense that hurt them of late. Cards lost, but they backed in ala Detroit with that Houston loss (without earlier Detroit dominance, Chicago with 90 wins, would have been the Wild Card, but Chicago too fell off in the Second Half) Toronto came a respectable second in the division, though Boston no hit the opposition today -- five inning game. And, SD hung on to win the West again, the Dodgers playing the Mets as a WC.
Gary Cohen and the SNY analyst gang had a nice "talk directly to the viewers" bit after the game where they thanked us for making their first year so successful, and wished the Mets well. They should have brought the field reporter, Chris Cotter, on as well!