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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 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 ...
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.
The 2021 National League Division Series were two best-of-five-games series in Major League Baseball (MLB) to determine the participating teams of the 2021 National League Championship Series. The three divisional winners, seeded first through third, and a fourth team — determined by the NL Wild Card Game — played in two series. These ...
By RYAN GORMAN A massive earthquake that struck the Bay Area on October 17, 1989 forever changed the region, and potentially altered the course of baseball history. The 6.9-magnitude Loma Prieta ...
Gerald Watkins watched Aaron Judge, Giancarlo Stanton and other New York Yankees wade through stalks of corn onto an Iowa field in 2021, near the filming site for the 1989 baseball movie “Field ...
May 19, 1989: Rick Schu was purchased from the Orioles by the Detroit Tigers. [13] June 1, 1989: John Posey (minors) was traded by the Orioles to the Philadelphia Phillies for Shane Turner. [14] June 5, 1989: 1989 Major League Baseball Draft. Ben McDonald was drafted by the Orioles in the 1st round (1st pick). Player signed August 19, 1989. [15]