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The 1988 World Series was the championship series of Major League Baseball's (MLB) 1988 season.The 85th 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 Los Angeles Dodgers, with the Dodgers upsetting the heavily favored Athletics to win the Series in five games to win their ...
With their World Series win, the Dodgers were the only team to win two World Series in the 1980s, with their first in the decade coming in 1981. Following the conclusion of the 1988 World Series, the Dodgers would not win another playoff series until 2008, would not win another pennant until 2017, and would not win the World Series again until ...
The 1988 World Series was made famous by the Kirk Gibson game-winning home run off of A's closer Dennis Eckersley. [ 21 ] [ 22 ] [ 23 ] La Russa earned two American League Manager of the Year awards with the A's, in 1988 and 1992, giving him three AL awards, the latter after again winning the Western Division.
Backman was named manager of the New Britain Bees of the Atlantic League of Professional Baseball for the 2018 season on November 17, 2017. [21] On November 28, 2018, Backman was announced as the new manager of the Atlantic League's Long Island Ducks for the 2019 season. He mutually agreed with the Ducks to part ways at the completion of the ...
Mickey, Joey's bookmaker, offers him his ownership of an amateur singing quintet known as The Fly Guys. Joey convinces Roc to be The Fly Guys' new manager. However, instead of hiring a professional choreographer, Roc decides to save money and teach the guys dance steps from his own vocal group way back in the 60s.
Roseanne is an American television sitcom created by Matt Williams that originally aired on ABC from October 18, 1988, to May 20, 1997, with a revival season that premiered in 2018. [1] Lauded for its realistic portrayal of the average American family, the series stars Roseanne Barr, and revolves around the Conners, an Illinois working-class ...
Kirk Gibson's 1988 World Series home run was a baseball play that occurred in Game 1 of the 1988 World Series, on October 15, 1988, at Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles. Gibson was initially held out of the Los Angeles Dodgers' lineup with injuries to both legs, but after being called upon to pinch hit in the bottom of the ninth inning with two outs, he hit a two-run, walk-off home run against ...
This is a list of episodes for the television series Thirtysomething. Series overview Season Episodes Originally released First released Last released 1 21 September 29, 1987 (1987-09-29) May 10, 1988 (1988-05-10) 2 17 December 6, 1988 (1988-12-06) May 16, 1989 (1989-05-16) 3 24 September 19, 1989 (1989-09-19) May 22, 1990 (1990-05-22) 4 23 September 25, 1990 (1990-09-25) May 28, 1991 (1991-05 ...