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1989 World Series - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (1672 words) |
 | The 1989 World Series was played between the Oakland Athletics and the San Francisco Giants, and is best remembered for the Loma Prieta earthquake which occurred on October 17 at the beginning of Game 3 of the series and which caused a 10-day disruption in play. |
| The first game of the 1989 World Series was played on October 14 at the Oakland Coliseum, the home field of the Oakland Athletics. |
| On the 100 Years of the World Series DVD, Tim McCarver, who was working as a broadcaster for ABC, incorrectly says that ABC started their coverage of the Earthquake Game at "Five O'Clock Eastern Time" (as opposed to "Five O'Clock San Francisco Time"). |
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| The Series winner is determined through a best-of-seven playoff (except in 1903, 1919, 1920 and 1921 when the winner was determined through a best-of-nine playoff) and is awarded the World Series Trophy, as well as World Series rings. |
| The term "World Series" (short for "World's Championship Series") was first used in the 1880s, when baseball existed at a highly-skilled level only in the USA and international travel was rare. |
| One of these series at the end of 1903 was a meeting between the two pennant winners, Pittsburgh (usually spelled "Pittsburg" at that time) Pirates of the NL and Boston Americans (later known as Red Sox) of the AL, and is known as the 1903 World Series. |
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