April 4, 1989: Astros, Mike Scott win season opener over Braves at the Dome

The baseball season is long and grinding. In 1989, every team…

April 4, 1989: Wrigley Field welcomes the ‘Wild Thing’

With all due respect to the vernal equinox, nothing says “spring…
Junior Félix (Trading Card Database)

May 4, 1989: Freshman Junior Félix’s first swing is fantastic, but Angels rally for extra-inning win over Blue Jays

From April 7, 1977 through May 28, 1989, the Toronto Blue Jays…
Mike Schmidt (Trading Card DB)

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…
Eric Davis (Trading Card DB)

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 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…
John Ramos (TRADING CARD DB)

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 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…
Kevin McReynolds (TRADING CARD DB)

August 1, 1989: Kevin McReynolds hits for the cycle in Mets win

The New York Mets were struggling to stay in contention in the…
Dave Dravecky (TRADING CARD DB)

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 22, 1989: Braves’ Paul Assenmacher strikes out four in one inning

It wasn’t surprising that only 9,117 fans chose to attend this…
Jim Dwyer (TRADING CARD DB)

August 29, 1989: Journeyman Jim Dwyer returns to Expos after 13 years

They called James Edward Dwyer “Pig Pen,”1 but the well-traveled…