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…
April 3, 1989: New-look Orioles begin season on winning note
Much as the 1989 season would prove to be a refreshing change…
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 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…
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…
May 15, 1989: Brewers’ Terry Francona pitches perfect inning of relief in blowout loss to A’s
Terry Francona’s 1989 season was mostly forgettable. The left-handed…
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…