May 28, 1989: Mike Schmidt plays final game in Phillies’ loss to Giants
When Mike Schmidt retired on May 29, 1989, during his 18th season…
May 28, 1989: George Bell walks off White Sox as Blue Jays bid farewell to Exhibition Stadium
“Unloved and unappreciated, it will be un-missed.”1
That’s…
June 2, 1989: Cincinnati’s Eric Davis knocks in 6 runs as he hits for the cycle
Eric Davis is described in his SABR biography as having “all…
June 3, 1989: ‘The game that would never end’: Astros win marathon game in 22nd inning
The Astros prepared for a four-game series at the Astrodome against…
June 4, 1989: ‘Don’t you ever play nine-inning games?’: Astros win again in extras
The marathon 22-inning game of the preceding night left Houston…
June 4, 1989: Down 10-0, Ernie Whitt and Blue Jays slam Red Sox
While Neil Young began the year singing, “Keep on rockin’…
June 5, 1989: Blue Jays play first game in SkyDome
When Ontario Premier David Peterson aimed a laser pointer upward…
June 8, 1989: Two-run blast by Glenn Davis propels Astros to fourth walk-off win in six games
After sweeping a six-game road trip at Pittsburgh and St. Louis,…
June 26, 1989: Eastern League’s Yankees beat the best of the rest of the league
In 1988 the Albany-Colonie Yankees of the Double-A Eastern League…
July 11, 1989: Bo knows All-Star heroics: Royals’ Jackson homers in debut to win MVP honors
At a news conference the evening before the 60th All-Star Game,…
July 15, 1989: Albert Belle’s major-league debut
On April 7, 1989, the movie Major League was released across…
July 17, 1989: David Wells earns his second win of the day for Blue Jays
The 48,641 fans who attended this Monday twilight-night doubleheader…
July 17, 1989: Carlton Fisk records 2,000th career hit
On July 17, 1989, the New York Yankees and Chicago White Sox…
July 22, 1989: High-flying Expos score five in ninth to stun Reds 6-5
After more than two decades as Expos owner, Charles Bronfman…
August 1, 1989: Kevin McReynolds hits for the cycle in Mets win
The New York Mets were struggling to stay in contention in the…
August 10, 1989: Giants’ Dave Dravecky returns to mound after cancer in pitching arm
“Outside a miracle, you’ll never pitch again.”
Dave Dravecky,…
August 18, 1989: Cubs manager Don Zimmer’s odd intentional walk decision helps Astros to walk-off victory
In a career in professional baseball that had already spanned…
August 22, 1989: Braves’ Paul Assenmacher strikes out four in one inning
It wasn’t surprising that only 9,117 fans chose to attend this…
August 23, 1989: Expos, Dodgers total 22 innings, 33 hits, and a mascot ejection — but just one run
There are many things that can be said about this game. “The…
August 29, 1989: Journeyman Jim Dwyer returns to Expos after 13 years
They called James Edward Dwyer “Pig Pen,”1 but the well-traveled…
September 26, 1989: Cubs clinch NL East on Dwight Smith’s clutch hits
“The [Chicago] Cubs, who haven’t won a world championship…
October 1, 1989: Padres’ Tony Gwynn edges Will Clark for NL batting crown on final day
San Francisco Giants first baseman Will Clark was having a career…
October 4, 1989: Giants’ Will Clark has ‘helluva week’ in 1989 NLCS opener
San Francisco Giants first baseman Will Clark had compiled his…
October 15, 1989: Mike Moore, A’s power past Giants to take 2-0 lead in World Series
After Dave Stewart’s masterful mound performance, leading the…