This is a bit of a departure from this blog’s strict focus on the 1989 season, but I happened to come across a game account for Tony La Russa’s first game with the A’s on July 7 of 1986, in which Dave Stewart, making his first A’s start, picked up his first win since September [...]
Archive for September, 2008
A Flashback to 1986 and La Russa’s First Game
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged 1986 Oakland A's, Carney Lansford, Dave Kingman, Dave Stewart, Dave Von Ohlen, Jose Canseco, Tony La Russa, Tony Phillips on September 23, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Rickey Henderson vs. the Blue Jays
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged 1989 ALCS, 1989 Sports Illustrated, Rickey Henderson on September 12, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
A Sports Illustrated cover shows Rickey Henderson stealing one of his many bases against the Blue Jays in the ALCS. The cover date is October 16, the day before Loma Prieta. This is a library copy, hence the two stamps.
Rick Reuschel on Sports Illustrated Cover
Posted in San Francisco Giants, World Series, tagged 1989 Giants, Bay Bridge Series, Rick Reuschel on September 12, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
The Big Daddy, Rick Reuschel, as seen on the cover of Sports Illustrated, the July 10, 1989 issue (it’s a library copy). As the cover notes, he was 12-3, and people were already thinking about a Bay Bridge World Series.
Joe DiMaggio in Marina Relief Line
Posted in Loma Prieta, tagged Joe DiMaggio, Loma Prieta, Marina District on September 3, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Joe DiMaggio, technically not involved in the World Series at all so far as I know, but an icon of Bay Area baseball, waits in line in the Marina District with his neighbors to sort out the post-Loma Prieta processes.
Storm Davis After Loma Prieta
Posted in Loma Prieta, Players, World Series, tagged Loma Prieta, Storm Davis on September 3, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Storm Davis, on the Candlestick field, holds his infant child soon after the Loma Prieta quake.
First Pitches for Game 3
Posted in Loma Prieta, World Series, tagged 1989 World Series, first pitches, Loma Prieta earthquake on September 3, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
A picture of some of the police and relief workers who threw out first pitches for the rescheduled game 3 of the World Series.
Celebrating the Victory
Posted in Players, World Series, tagged 1989 Oakland A's, 1989 World Series, Dennis Eckersley, Stan Javier on September 3, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
The A’s celebrate winning the World Series; that’s Stan Javier leaping into the emerging group of A’s players.
