1989 World Series

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The 1989 World Series was a Major League Baseball championship between the Oakland Athletics and the San Francisco Giants that became infamous for being interrupted by a powerful earthquake in the San Francisco Bay Area.

Aliases (1)
  • 1989 MLB season ×1

Statements (50)
Predicate Object
instanceOf Major League Baseball championship series
World Series
ALTeam Oakland Athletics
ballpark Candlestick Park
Oakland–Alameda County Coliseum
champion Oakland Athletics
city Oakland
San Francisco
colorCommentatorTV Jim Palmer
Tim McCarver
commissioner Peter Ueberroth
earthquakeDate 1989-10-17
earthquakeEpicenterRegion Santa Cruz Mountains
earthquakeLocalTime 17:04 PDT
earthquakeMagnitude 6.9
endDate 1989-10-28
followedBy 1990 World Series
format best-of-seven
game1Location Oakland–Alameda County Coliseum
game1Winner Oakland Athletics
game2Location Oakland–Alameda County Coliseum
game2Winner Oakland Athletics
game3Location Candlestick Park
game3Winner Oakland Athletics
game4Location Candlestick Park
game4Winner Oakland Athletics
gameCount 4
gameInterrupted Game 3
interruptionCause Loma Prieta earthquake
interruptionDuration 10 days
leadAnnouncerTV Al Michaels
league American League
National League
MVP Dave Stewart
MVPTeam Oakland Athletics
nickname BART Series
Bay Bridge Series
Earthquake Series
NLTeam San Francisco Giants
notableEvent First World Series significantly delayed by a natural disaster
OaklandManager Tony La Russa
precededBy 1988 World Series
radioNetworkUS CBS Radio
runnerUp San Francisco Giants
SanFranciscoManager Roger Craig
season 1989 MLB season
seriesResult Oakland Athletics won 4–0
sport baseball
startDate 1989-10-14
televisionNetworkUS ABC

Referenced by (6)
Subject (surface form when different) Predicate
Candlestick Park
Oakland–Alameda County Coliseum
hostedEvent
1989 Loma Prieta earthquake
associatedWith
Game 3 of the 1989 World Series
partOf
1990 World Series
previousEdition
Game 3 of the 1989 World Series ("1989 MLB season")
season

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