
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…

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 5, 1989: Blue Jays play first game in SkyDome
When Ontario Premier David Peterson aimed a laser pointer upward…

July 15, 1989: Albert Belle's major-league debut
On April 7, 1989, the movie Major League was released across…

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 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…

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…

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…

October 27, 1989: A's, Giants return to field after World Series earthquake
After the San Francisco Giants lost the first two games of the…

October 28, 1989: Oakland A's sweep Giants in World Series interrupted by earthquake
The San Francisco Giants’ backs were against the wall. Sixteen…