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

It wasn’t surprising that only 9,117 fans chose to attend this…
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August 29, 1989: Journeyman Jim Dwyer returns to Expos after 13 years

They called James Edward Dwyer “Pig Pen,”1 but the well-traveled…
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September 26, 1989: Cubs clinch NL East on Dwight Smith’s clutch hits

“The [Chicago] Cubs, who haven’t won a world championship…
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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…

April 9, 1990: White Sox eke out a win in final Opening Day at Comiskey Park

The rising rafters of New Comiskey Park peered over the wall…
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April 11, 1990: Mike Norris makes a comeback against all odds

Baseball takes on an extended mythology when accompanied by a…