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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 World Series is the annual championship series of Major League Baseball (MLB) and concludes the MLB postseason.First played in 1903, [1] the World Series championship is a best-of-seven playoff and is a contest between the champions of baseball's National League (NL) and American League (AL). [2]
The Athletics' lone World Series championship of the era was a four-game sweep of the cross-bay rival San Francisco Giants in the 1989 World Series. Unfortunately for the A's, their sweep of the Giants was overshadowed by the Loma Prieta earthquake that occurred at the start of Game 3 before a national television audience. This forced the ...
Overall series Notes 1905 World Series: Giants: 4–1: Giants, 2–0 Giants, 2–1 Giants 4–1 First World Series match-up. First World Series to move to a best-of-seven format. Losing team was shutout in all games. The first steal of home during the World Series occurred during the fifth inning of Game 3, by New York's ...
When Dave Stewart won MVP honors after the earthquake-interrupted 1989 World Series the A's swept over the San Francisco Giants, Henderson had a little fun with his close pal. Henderson had hit .474 with a home run, two triples, a double, three RBIs and three stolen bases over those four games.
The 2002 World Series was the championship series of Major League Baseball (MLB)'s 2002 season.The 98th edition of the World Series, [1] it was a best-of-seven playoff between the American League (AL) champion Anaheim Angels and the National League (NL) champion San Francisco Giants; the Angels defeated the Giants, four games to three, to win their first, and, to date, only World Series ...
The A's have spent more than ... Whether all that splurging will allow L.A. to become the first repeat World Series winner in more than two decades — well, that’s what playing the baseball ...
October 17 – Game 3 of the World Series is postponed due to the Loma Prieta earthquake, which struck immediately before the game was set to begin. It would be rescheduled for ten days later, on October 27. October 28 – The Oakland Athletics complete a four-game sweep of the San Francisco Giants in the World Series, the first Series sweep ...