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  2. 4 days ago · The 1989 World Series featured the Oakland Athletics and the San Francisco Giants in the first cross-town World Series since 1956. Game 3 of the series was scheduled to begin at San Francisco's Candlestick Park on October 17 at 5:35 PDT, and American television network ABC began its pre-game show at 5:00 PDT .

  3. 2 days ago · The World Series is the annual championship series of Major League Baseball (MLB) and concludes the MLB postseason. First played in 1903, the World Series championship is a best-of-seven playoff and is a contest between the champions of baseball's National League (NL) and American League (AL).

  4. May 13, 2024 · Map of the 1989 San Francisco–Oakland earthquake (also known as the Loma Prieta earthquake). The quake struck with a moment magnitude of 6.9 on October 17, just before the start of the third game of the World Series, which was being held at San Francisco's Candlestick Park. Sixty-three people died, and nearly 3,800 were injured.

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  5. 2 days ago · It was first used to refer to the 1989 World Series in which the Athletics won their most recent championship and the first time the teams had met since they moved to the San Francisco Bay Area (and the first time they had met since the A's also defeated the Giants in the 1913 World Series).

  6. 2 days ago · World Series, in baseball, a postseason play-off series between champions of the two major professional baseball leagues of North America: the American League (AL) and the National League (NL), which together constitute Major League Baseball. 2016 World Series.

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  7. May 19, 2024 · The 1989 World Series Quiz | World Series | 10 Questions. FREE! Click here to Join FunTrivia. Thousands of games, quizzes, and lots more! The 1989 World Series Trivia Quiz. This Series was probably remembered more for the earthquake that delayed it's conclusion. Some call it the Loma Prieta Series. This was Oakland vs. San Francisco.

  8. May 24, 2024 · How many games did the Athletics have to play against the Giants in the "Battle of the Bay," the 1989 World Series, in order to win? Answer: 4 The Athletics demolished the San Francisco Giants in each of the first four games, and completely swept the 1989 World Series, dubbed the "Battle of the Bay", because Oakland and San Francisco were ...

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