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…
June 4, 1989: Down 10-0, Ernie Whitt and Blue Jays slam Red Sox
While Neil Young began the year singing, “Keep on rockin’…
September 23, 1988: Swift slugger José Canseco becomes baseball’s first 40-40 man
Baseball’s 40–40 Club is a noteworthy accomplishment, not…
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…
September 14, 1988: Mike Greenwell hits for the cycle with controversial triple
With 2½ weeks left in the 1988 season, the Boston Red Sox were…
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 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,…
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,…
September 1, 1988: Maine town’s minor-league fling ends
Like DeLorean cars and leg warmers, minor-league baseball in…
July 17, 1989: Carlton Fisk records 2,000th career hit
On July 17, 1989, the New York Yankees and Chicago White Sox…
September 14, 1988: Bobby Bonilla ends homer drought with extra-inning clout for Pirates victory
The Montreal Expos hosted the Pittsburgh Pirates for a two-game…
April 4, 1989: Wrigley Field welcomes the ‘Wild Thing’
With all due respect to the vernal equinox, nothing says “spring…
April 3, 1989: Ken Griffey Jr. makes major-league debut for Mariners
The Seattle Mariners’ Opening Day 1989 turned out to be a special…
April 3, 1989: New-look Orioles begin season on winning note
Much as the 1989 season would prove to be a refreshing change…
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…
October 4, 1988: Mets rally for three in ninth, steal Game 1 of NLCS
The 1988 National League Championship Series was a matchup of…
October 8, 1988: Mets beat Dodgers, weather in Game 3 to regain control of NLCS
Wet, wild, and weird — with a dash of pine tar. So went the…
September 16, 1988: Reds’ Tom Browning waits out rain delay and delivers perfect game
On the evening of September 16, 1988, in Cincinnati, a relatively…
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 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…
July 15, 1989: Albert Belle’s major-league debut
On April 7, 1989, the movie Major League was released across…
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…
October 12, 1988: Hershiser shutout on two days’ rest sends Dodgers to World Series
It all came down to this one game. The Dodgers and the Mets…
June 5, 1989: Blue Jays play first game in SkyDome
When Ontario Premier David Peterson aimed a laser pointer upward…