Baseball’s two worst teams, the Chicago Cubs and Houston Astros, squared off Oct. 2 in the first game between 100-loss teams in 50 years.
Backstory: The Astros, who’d already clinched the worst record in the majors with 106 losses entering their Oct. 1 game in Chicago, handed the Cubs their 100th loss to set up the battle of triple-digit losers on Oct. 2.
Such futility showdowns have only occurred in three previous years, most recently in 1962, when once again the Cubs were involved, that time against the expansion New York Mets, one of the worst teams of all time. The other years that brought together such woeful teams were 1905, when the Brooklyn Superbas (who became the Dodgers) and Boston Beaneaters, (who became the Braves) did battle, and 1923, when the Phillies and Braves met.
