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In the National League, the San Francisco Giants returned to the postseason for the second time in three years, and the Chicago Cubs returned for the second time in six years. 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.
February 3 – Bill White, a former MLB player and broadcaster, was elected president of the National League. February 28 – Red Schoendienst, a former second baseman and manager of the St. Louis Cardinals, and Al Barlick, a National League umpire for 28 seasons, are elected to the Hall of Fame by the Special Veterans Committee.
In addition, the wild card guaranteed that the team with the second-best record in each league would qualify for the playoffs, even if they were in the same division with the team having the best record. As the 1994 postseason was canceled due to the 1994–95 Major League Baseball strike, 1995 was the first postseason with a wild card team.
For the 2020 postseason only, the field expanded to include three second-place teams per division, followed by the wild card teams represented by the next two best records from each league. [3] All eight teams played in a best-of-three Wild Card Series. [3] Starting in 2022, a third wild card team was added to each league.
Game 5 of the 1989 NLCS (October 9, 1989) was the last Major League Baseball game that NBC, which had broadcast MLB in some shape or form since 1947, would televise for five years (CBS would become the exclusive broadcast television network home for Major League Baseball in the meantime); the ensuing World Series was broadcast on ABC, with ...
Major League Baseball's pennant race is going down to the wire. ... in the American League East and the National League wild-card, which features four teams separated by just a few games for three ...
NL East; Team W L Pct. GB Home Road; Chicago Cubs: 93: 69 .574 — 48–33 45–36 New York Mets: 87: 75 .537 6 51–30 36–45 St. Louis Cardinals: 86: 76 .531 7 46–35 40–41 Montreal Expos: 81: 81 .500 12 44–37 37–44 Pittsburgh Pirates: 74: 88 .457 19 39–42 35–46 ...
September 1 – A. Bartlett Giamatti, 51, incumbent Commissioner of Baseball since April 1 whose five-month term (ended by a fatal heart attack) was known for the banishment of Pete Rose on gambling allegations; previously National League president from June 10, 1986 to March 31, 1989; former Yale University president and author of numerous ...