1989 World Series

Team / Wins Manager Season Oakland Athletics (4) Tony LaRussa 99-63, .611 San Francisco Giants (0) Roger Craig 92-70, .586
Dates:	October 14, 1989–October 28, 1989
MVP:	Dave Stewart (Oakland)
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Announcers:	Al Michaels, Tim McCarver and Jim Palmer
Umpires:	Rich Garcia (AL), Paul Runge (NL), Al Clark (AL), Dutch Rennert (NL), Vic Voltaggio (AL), Eric Gregg (NL)
ALCS:	Oakland Athletics over Toronto Blue Jays (4-1)
NLCS:	San Francisco over Chicago Cubs (4-1)
World Series Program

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Overview

The Series ran from October 14 through October 28, with the A's sweeping the Giants in four games. It is best remembered for the Loma Prieta earthquake, which occurred on October 17 at the beginning of Game 3 and caused a 10-day disruption in play. is the 287th day of the year (288th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... is the 301st day of the year (302nd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... The Loma Prieta earthquake was a major earthquake affecting the greater San Francisco Bay Area of California. ... is the 290th day of the year (291st in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ...

It is also known as the "Earthquake Series", "Bay Bridge Series", and "The Battle of the Bay". The series was the most one-sided contest in the history of the World Series. Oakland led for all but two innings of the four-game sweep, and San Francisco never had the lead.

The San Francisco Giants won the National League West division by 3 games over the San Diego Padres then defeated the Chicago Cubs, four games to one, in the National League Championship Series. The Oakland Athletics won the American League West division by 7 games over the Kansas City Royals then defeated the Toronto Blue Jays, four games to one, in the American League Championship Series. Major league affiliations National League (1883–present) West Division (1969–present) Current uniform Retired Numbers NY, NY, 3, 4, 11, 24, 27, 30, 36, 42, 44 Name San Francisco Giants (1958–present) New York Giants (1885–1957) New York Gothams (1883–1885) Other nicknames Jints, Gigantes, G-Men Ballpark AT... In Major League Baseball, the National League Western Division, or NL West, is one of three subdivisions of the National League. ... Major league affiliations National League (1969–present) West Division (1969–present) Current uniform Retired Numbers 6, 19, 31, 35, 42 Name San Diego Padres (1969–present) Other nicknames Pads, Friars Ballpark PETCO Park (2004–present) Qualcomm Stadium (1969-2003) a. ... Major league affiliations National League (1876–present) Central Division (1994–present) Current uniform Retired Numbers 10, 14, 23, 26, 42 Name Chicago Cubs (1902–present) Chicago Orphans (1898-1901) Chicago Colts (1890-1897) Chicago White Stockings (1870-1871, 1874-1889) (a. ... In Major League Baseball, the National League Championship Series (NLCS) determines who wins the National League pennant and advances to baseballs championship, the World Series, facing the winner of the American League Championship Series. ... Major league affiliations American League (1901–present) West Division (1969–present) Current uniform Retired Numbers 9, 27, 34, 42, 43, (As) Name Oakland Athletics (1968–present) Kansas City Athletics (1955-1967) Philadelphia Athletics (1901-1954) (Referred to as As) Other nicknames The As, The White Elephants, The... The American League West Division is one of Major League Baseballs six divisions. ... Major league affiliations American League (1969–present) Central Division (1994–present) Current uniform Retired Numbers 5, 10, 20, 42 Name Kansas City Royals (1969–present) Other nicknames The Boys in Blue Ballpark Kauffman Stadium (1973–present) a. ... Major league affiliations American League (1977–present) East Division (1977–present) Current uniform Retired Numbers 42 Name Toronto Blue Jays (1977–present) Other nicknames The Jays Ballpark Rogers Centre (1989–present) a. ... In Major League Baseball, the American League Championship Series (ALCS), played in October, is a playoff round that determines the winner of the American League pennant. ...

The Earthquake

The Loma Prieta earthquake struck at October 17, 1989 at 5:04 p.m. Because of the coincidence of timing it was the first major earthquake in the United States ever to be broadcast by live television. Experts credit the timing of the World Series as a lucky break that prevented massive loss of life and a possible firestorm in the city. Among other fortuitous coincidences: This article does not cite its references or sources. ...

• Due to the game traffic was light on freeways that collapsed in the earthquake. Initial expectations were that hundreds of people had died in the collapse of the Nimitz Freeway in Oakland; the final death toll from that event was 40.
• A blimp that had been covering the game was used to coordinate emergency efforts.
• Although the city's emergency water system failed due to ruptured water mains, fans helped connect hoses from a passing fireboat to fight fires with pumped salt water

The earthquake affected the World Series in various ways Interstate 880 is a regional bypass interstate highway in the Bay Area metropolitan area of Northern California. ... A municipal water system is a large system of reservoirs and large-scale piping which supplies fresh water, suitable for human consumption, to houses and other residences. ... The fireboat Guardian was a gift of survivors of the Loma Prieta earthquake to supplement San Franciscos fireboat Phoenix. ...

• Out of respect for the earthquake victims, the Oakland Athletics weren't allowed to celebrate their World Series victory with champagne.

• According to umpire Vic Voltaggio, he distinctively remembers seeing a white wall waving either during or immediately after the earthquake. Meanwhile, fellow umpire Al Clark was still in the locker room preparing to go to work. Apparently, Clark ran out to the field with just his underwear on when the earthquake hit.

• The ten day delay in-between Games 2 and 3 was the longest delay in World Series history. The World Series was originally supposed to resume after a five day delay, but since the transmission links weren't properly connected yet, the wait went on for another five days.

• ABC's actual opening for the October 17 telecast (leading up to Al Michaels informing the viewers of the earthquake) was used at the beginning of a 1990 television movie (documenting the Loma Prieta earthquake) called After The Shock.^[1]

• Fay Vincent had made the decision to postpone Game 3 without telling anybody first. As a result, the umpires filed a formal protest of Vincent's decision.

• When the Athletics players were advised to return to Oakland after Game 3 was postponed, they had to travel through San Jose. While it would normally take around 30 minutes to travel from Oakland to San Francisco, it took the A's around two hours to get back to Oakland, due to the collapse of some roadway sections of the Bay Bridge.

• According to Tim McCarver, when the earthquake hit, he and his broadcasting partners Al Michaels and Jim Palmer immediately grabbed what they perceived to be the armrests. In reality, the announcers were clutching on each others' thighs and they were left with bruises the next day. Years later, Al Michaels would boldly admit his strong belief that had the earthquake lasted much longer than 15 seconds, he would have been killed.

• Shortly after the earthquake, José Canseco and his wife Esther were spotted filling up their car at a self-service gas station. José was still in his full Oakland Athletics road uniform while at the gas station. In Canseco's book 'Juiced', he says that someone wrote an article portraying him as forcing his wife to pump the gas, but that in reality, she told Jose to let her do it because if people saw him in his full uniform, it would cause a scene.

• In the CBS Radio Network booth that was right next to the ABC Sports television booth, announcers Jack Buck, Johnny Bench, and John Rooney bolted as soon as the earthquake started. This was in sharp contrast to ABC's Al Michaels, Jim Palmer, and Tim McCarver, who all seemed to maintain their composure on camera once a back-up generator restored their power. Bench ran to a spot underneath a steel grate. Buck soon told Bench "If you would have moved that fast when you played, you wouldn't have hit into so many double plays."

• Fay Vincent accused San Francisco mayor Art Agnos of being difficult to work with. Agnos wanted to wait a month before resuming the World Series. Vincent responded by telling Agnos a month-long delay wasn't acceptable and that the World Series might consider moving to another location.

• Following the earthquake, ABC aired a rerun of The Wonder Years for about 15 minutes before returning. From that point, Ted Koppel anchored news coverage from Washington with Michaels acting as a de facto reporter. The Goodyear Blimp (which was already aloft for the game) provided video of structural damage and fires within the city.

• Journalists in the New York area chided MLB for deciding to go on with the Series. However, events had been going on as scheduled, and other commentators claimed that the New York-area journalists merely disdained a World Series not played in New York or Boston (cf. the 1986 Series).

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Summary

AL Oakland Athletics (4) vs. NL San Francisco Giants (0) Major league affiliations American League (1901–present) West Division (1969–present) Current uniform Retired Numbers 9, 27, 34, 42, 43, (As) Name Oakland Athletics (1968–present) Kansas City Athletics (1955-1967) Philadelphia Athletics (1901-1954) (Referred to as As) Other nicknames The As, The White Elephants, The... Major league affiliations National League (1883–present) West Division (1969–present) Current uniform Retired Numbers NY, NY, 3, 4, 11, 24, 27, 30, 36, 42, 44 Name San Francisco Giants (1958–present) New York Giants (1885–1957) New York Gothams (1883–1885) Other nicknames Jints, Gigantes, G-Men Ballpark AT...

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Matchups

Game 1

October 14, 1989 at Oakland Coliseum in Oakland, California. is the 287th day of the year (288th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1989 (MCMLXXXIX) was a common year starting on Sunday (link displays 1989 Gregorian calendar). ... For other uses, see Coliseum. ... “Oakland” redirects here. ...

David Keith Stewart (born February 19, 1957 in Oakland, California) was a dominant right-handed starting pitcher in Major League Baseball during the late 1980s and early 1990s. ... Scott Garrelts (born October 30, 1961 in Urbana, Illinois), is a former professional baseball player who pitched for the San Francisco Giants from 1982-1991. ...

Game 2

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Game 3

October 27, 1989 at Candlestick Park in San Francisco, California is the 300th day of the year (301st in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1989 (MCMLXXXIX) was a common year starting on Sunday (link displays 1989 Gregorian calendar). ... Monster Park (colloquially Candlestick, after its original name of Candlestick Park, and sometimes just simply The Stick) is an outdoor sports and entertainment stadium located in San Francisco, California. ... “San Francisco” redirects here. ...

The game was delayed until October 27, or about ten days, due to the Loma Prieta earthquake. is the 300th day of the year (301st in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... The Loma Prieta earthquake was a major earthquake affecting the greater San Francisco Bay Area of California. ...

See also: Al Michaels#1989 World Series and Fay Vincent#1989 World Series

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Game 4

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Composite Box

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Trivia

• This was the first World Series sweep since 1976.

• Al Michaels, who spent three years in San Francisco as an announcer for the San Francisco Giants, was nominated for an Emmy Award for news broadcasting after giving an eyewitness account of the aftermath of the earthquake at Candlestick Park.

• This would be the last World Series that the American Broadcasting Company would televise from start to finish. The television rights would move exclusively (ABC had partnered with NBC since 1976 up until the end of the 1989 season) to CBS the following year. ABC would next televise a World Series in 1995 but only broadcast Games 1, 4, and 5 (the other games were covered by NBC).

• At the time, October 28 was the latest end date for a World Series, even though the series only lasted the minimum four games. (This record was tied in 1995, and broken by the terrorism-delayed 2001 World Series which ran from October 27 through November 4.)

• Giants catcher Bill Bathe became the fifth National League player in World Series history to hit a home run in his very first at-bat. Bathe's teammate Matt Williams noticed Bathe wobbling when the earthquake started. Apparently, Bathe was looking in the stands to search for his family.

• This was the first World Series that Fay Vincent presided over as commissioner. Vincent had been in office for a month after the death of A. Bartlett Giamatti. The black armbands that the Athletics and Giants wore were in memory of the fallen commissioner. The official World Series balls even had Giamatti's signature on them.

• ESPN's Peter Gammons and Oakland Athletics pitcher Bob Welch were walking by the Marina Middle School in order to get a residency pass. While they were walking, they saw a slightly unshaven man with a white wind-breaker waiting in line for his pass. The man turned out to be Joe DiMaggio.

• This was the last World Series that Jack Buck would broadcast on radio. He called the following two World Series on television for CBS.

• The ceremonial first pitch in Game 2 was thrown by Little League World Series MVP, and future NHL star Chris Drury.

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Christopher Chris Drury (born August 20, 1976 in Trumbull, Connecticut) is a professional ice hockey player who currently plays for the New York Rangers of the NHL. He is the younger brother of former player Ted Drury. ...

Quote(s) of the Series

The name Dave Parker may refer to several notable individuals: Dave Parker, American baseball player Dave Parker, Canadian jazz musician with The Shuffle Demons Dave Parker, Samoan singer. ... Major League Baseball on ABCs Wide World of Sports. ... James Timothy McCarver (born October 16, 1941 in Memphis, Tennessee) is an American former Major League and minor league baseball catcher, and a current broadcaster for FOX Sports. ... Alan Richard Michaels (born November 12, 1944) is an American television sportscaster. ... Monster Park (colloquially Candlestick, after its original name of Candlestick Park, and sometimes just simply The Stick) is an outdoor sports and entertainment stadium located in San Francisco, California. ... William Howard Mays, Jr. ... For other persons of the same name, see Kevin Mitchell. ... Joseph Leonard Morgan (born September 19, 1943 in Bonham, Texas) is a former Major League Baseball second baseman, inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1990 with 81. ... The Commissioner of Baseball is the chief executive of Major League Baseball. ... Francis Thomas Fay Vincent, Jr. ... is the 290th day of the year (291st in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Keith Anthony (Tony) Phillips (b. ... Dennis Lee Eckersley (born October 3, 1954 in Oakland, California), nicknamed Eck, was a Major League Baseball player elected to Baseball Hall of Fame in 2004 (his first year of eligibility). ... Major league affiliations American League (1901–present) West Division (1969–present) Current uniform Retired Numbers 9, 27, 34, 42, 43, (As) Name Oakland Athletics (1968–present) Kansas City Athletics (1955-1967) Philadelphia Athletics (1901-1954) (Referred to as As) Other nicknames The As, The White Elephants, The... Anthony LaRussa, Jr. ... Gary Thorne (born June 9, 1948 in Maine) is a play-by-play announcer for ESPN and ABC, working Major League Baseball, College Football and Frozen Four hockey contests. ...

See also

• Loma Prieta Earthquake#1989 World Series

The Loma Prieta earthquake was a major earthquake affecting the greater San Francisco Bay Area of California. ...

Reference(s)

1. ^ http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0098995/combined

Neft, David S., and Richard M. Cohen. The World Series. 1st ed. New York: St Martins, 1990. (Neft and Cohen 430-434)

External links

• 1989 World Series at Baseball-Reference.com
• 1989 World Series at WorldSeries.com (MLB.com)
• 1989 World Series by Baseball Almanac

• History of the World Series – 1989 at SportingNews.com
• Swept Away at SI.com
• 1989 World Series box scores and play-by-play at Retrosheet.org
• 1989 Oakland Athletics at baseballlibrary.com
• 1989 San Francisco Giants at baseballlibrary.com
• Don Knapp, 10/89 - Giants vs A's in the World Series
• San Francisco earthquake rocks World Series
• Oct 17, 1989
• Thirteen years ago, NL champions - Unforgettable events followed Giants' last pennant
• October 9th, 1989
• TEN YEARS AFTER: FIRST IN A WEEK-LONG RETROSPECTIVE OF THE LOMA PRIETA QUAKE.