1989 World Series
October 28, 1989 at Candlestick Park in San Francisco, California
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oakland | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 12 | 0 |
| San Francisco | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 9 | 0 |
| W: Mike Moore (2-0) L: Don Robinson (0-1) S:Dennis Eckersley | ||||||||||||
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.)
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Composite box
1989 World Series (4-0): Oakland Athletics (A.L.) over San Francisco Giants (N.L.)
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oakland Athletics | 4 | 6 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 32 | 44 | 1 |
| San Francisco Giants | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 14 | 28 | 4 |
| Total Attendance: 222,843 Average Attendance: 55,711 | ||||||||||||
| Winning Player’s Share: – $114,252, Losing Player’s Share – $83,529 *Includes Playoffs and World Series | ||||||||||||
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Radio and television coverage
ABC play-by-play man 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).
This was the last World Series that Jack Buck would broadcast on radio. He called the following two World Series on television for CBS.
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Series quotes
...and he fails to get Dave Parker at second base, so the Oakland A's take......take........I'll tell you what, we're having an earth...
—ABC Sports color commentator Tim McCarver and play-by-play commentator Al Michaels, respectively. Michaels' sentence was cut off to the television audience due to the loss of power during the earthquake.
Well...(Al chuckles)...I dunno if we're on the air...we're in commercial I guess...(crew members tell Al that they hear him)...I don't hear a thing...(crew members tell Al that they saved McCarver)...well I dunno if we're on the air or not and I'm not sure that we hear you right at the moment, but we are. Well folks, that's the greatest open in the history of television. Bar none! (Someone talks to Al)...yes it certainly did, we're still here...we are still - as we can tell - on the air and I guess you hearing us even though we have no picture and no return audio and we will be back - we hope - from San Francisco in just a moment.
—Al Michaels broadcasting after the earthquake, through a telephone line and there is no video.
Ladies and gentlemen, we are postponing the game because there is no power in the stadium. We would like for you to leave in an orderly way. I don't think there's any grave danger, but we have no idea when the power's going to be on and we have to get people out of here before it gets dark.
I think we may have just won the most historic World Series of all time, with having to deal with the delay and everything. I don't think anybody's had to go through anything like what we did to win and compete for a world championship!
—Oakland Athletics manager Tony LaRussa after the series win.
[Losing baseball to CBS was] tough to accept...baseball had been an early stepchild at ABC and had come such a long way.
—Al Michaels after Game 4.
Great reviews, as ABC baseball ends.
—Gary Thorne, upon presiding over the Commissioner's Trophy presentation, in response to Michael's post-Game 4 statement.
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See also
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References
- ^ The black armbands that the Athletics and Giants wore were in memory of the fallen commissioner. In addition, the official World Series balls had Giamatti's signature on them. The Rawlings 1989 World Series Game Baseball. The ball features The World Series logo in Blue, traditional red stitch, and the printed signature of A. Bartlett Giamatti, Commissioner of MLB.
- ^ After the Shock (1990) (TV)
- Neft, David S., and Richard M. Cohen. The World Series. 1st ed. New York: St Martins, 1990. (Neft and Cohen 430-434)
- Forman, Sean L.. 1989 World Series. Baseball-Reference.com - Major League Statistics and Information.. Retrieved on 2007-12-09.
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External links
- 1989 World Series LIVE right before the earthquake
- 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.
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