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Game 5 of the NLCS between the San Francisco Giants and Chicago Cubs is the final baseball broadcast shown on the network (it would return to baseball broadcasting five years later, with the establishment of The Baseball Network). October 17 – Game 3 of the World Series is postponed due to the Loma Prieta earthquake, which struck immediately ...
The Chicago White Sox celebrate after defeating the Minnesota Twins 1–0 to win the 2008 American League Central. A tie-breaker was required in Major League Baseball (MLB) when two or more teams were tied at the end of the regular season for a postseason position such as a league pennant (prior to the introduction of the League Championship Series in 1969), a division title, or a wild card spot.
It is also the latest in the calendar year that a World Series game has ever been played up to this point. This was also ABC's final Major League Baseball telecast until July 1994, when The Baseball Network was launched. ABC, who had broadcast Major League Baseball games since 1976 was like NBC was about to lose the television rights to CBS.
Pages in category "1989 Major League Baseball season" The following 37 pages are in this category, out of 37 total. ... 1989 Major League Baseball All-Star Game;
The playoffs began on October 3, 1989, and concluded on October 28, 1989, with the Athletics sweeping the Giants to win their first World Series title since 1974. The series became marred by the 1989 Loma Prieta earthquake which caused major damage to both Oakland and San Francisco, as well as Candlestick Park where Games 3 and 4 were played.
Game 5 was the last of Buster Posey's career, who retired at the season's end. [20] In general, 2021 was seen as an outlier year for San Francisco. They could not replicate their magic in the 2022, 2023, or 2024 seasons. Three years after retiring, Posey would become the president of baseball operations for the Giants, replacing Farhan Zaidi.
The 1989 World Series was the championship series of Major League Baseball's (MLB) 1989 season. The 86th edition of the World Series, it was a best-of-seven playoff played between the American League (AL) champion Oakland Athletics and the National League (NL) champion San Francisco Giants. The Series ran from October 14 through October 28 ...
The 2021 season was the 139th season for the San Francisco Giants in Major League Baseball (MLB), their 64th year in San Francisco, and their 22nd at Oracle Park.It was the Giants' second season under manager Gabe Kapler, who managed his first 162-game season with the club (after the 2020 season was shortened to 60 games because of the COVID-19 pandemic), and he led them to the best record in ...