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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 Athletics won in five games to return to the World Series for the second consecutive year. The Athletics overcame a 3–2 Blue Jays lead in the sixth inning, and ended up winning Game 1 by a 7–3 score. The Athletics won convincingly in Game 2 by three runs to take a 2–0 series lead headed to Toronto.
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.
November 2 – Steve Simpson, 41, relief pitcher who posted a 0–2 record in nine games for the 1972 San Diego Padres. November 4 – Pancho Coimbre, 80, native of Puerto Rico and two-time Negro National League All-Star outfielder who batted .337 lifetime for the New York Cubans (1940–1941, 1943–1944).
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]
The team with the better regular season record (higher seed) of each series hosted Games 1, 2, and (if necessary) 5, while the lower seeded team hosted Game 3 and (if necessary) 4. [1] [2] Following the series, the Red Sox and Astros met in the 2021 American League Championship Series, with the Astros winning the series, 4 games to 2. The ...
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The 1989 Boston Red Sox season was the 89th season in the franchise's Major League Baseball history. The Red Sox finished third in the American League East with a record of 83 wins and 79 losses, six games behind the Toronto Blue Jays .