Players for the Oakland Athletics returned home, but had to travel via State Route 237 in San Jose, adding an extra 90 minutes due to the collapse of the Bay Bridge and the I-880 Cypress Street Viaduct. This was also Candlestick Park's final World Series game. The earthquake would affect the National Anthem performances for the games at Candlestick Park as well. Steinbach knocked the ball out of Kennedy's mitt, scoring the second run of the inning. Le vainqueur de chaque tournoi remporte de l'argent et un bracelet.

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). Dave Henderson just missed hitting three home runs for the A's as his first inning shot bounced off the top of the wall for a double. (The 1981 Series, which went six games, had also ended on October 28. Clark signed with the Texas Rangers and despite not being able to escape the injury bug, he was a productive member of the team for the next five seasons. The Series ran from October 14 through October 28, with the Athletics sweeping the Giants in four games. [1][2][4][5], The best-of-seven style has been the format of all World Series except in 1903, 1919, 1920 and 1921, when the winner was determined through a best-of-nine playoff. [1][2] The Series-winning team is awarded the Commissioner's Trophy. The San Francisco 49ers of the NFL continued its '80s dynasty by winning Super Bowl XXIII and XXIV in between the Athletics' World Series triumph. The Giants, meanwhile, failed to repeat as National League Champions and would not return to the playoffs until 1997, when they were swept by the Florida Marlins in the NLDS. Un article de Wikipédia, l'encyclopédie libre. He was joined by Johnny Bench as his analyst, who replaced Bill White when he was appointed to replace Giamatti as president of the National League earlier in the year. Oakland got off to a fast start; Rickey Henderson led off the bottom of the first with a walk. It was the first World Series sweep since 1976, when the Cincinnati Reds swept the New York Yankees.

The 1999 World Series was the championship series of Major League Baseball's (MLB) 1999 season. Little League World Series MVP and future NHL star Chris Drury threw out the ceremonial first pitch in Game 2. [7] The winner of the World Series is traditionally invited to the White House to meet the President of the United States.[8]. After Dave Henderson walked and Mark McGwire struck out, Terry Steinbach hit a three-run home run off Reuschel to left field, scoring both Parker and Henderson. Stevie Wonder, who was slated to play the National Anthem on his harmonica at Game 3 on October 17, pulled out days following the earthquake, and in his place Larry Gatlin and the Gatlin Brothers, who had been slated to perform at Game 4 on October 18, would sing the National Anthem when Game 3 was finally played on October 27.

Then San Francisco mayor Art Agnos wanted to wait a month before resuming it, with Vincent responding to Agnos by telling him that he might move it elsewhere if the delay would be that long. Bench ran to a spot underneath a steel grate, to which Buck later quipped, "If he moved that fast, he'd never hit into a double play. Also, Pat Sheridan was slated to take over for Candy Maldonado in right field for the Giants. The earthquake hit while the video was playing and temporarily knocked the feed out, and just before it was knocked out Al Michaels could be heard on air saying "I'll tell you what, we're having an earth-" with the feed cutting out just before he finished.

Pendant les WSOP, plusieurs tournois sont joués (68 en 2015). The A's would return to the World Series the following season, making it three years in a row.

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It was the first major earthquake in the United States to be broadcast by live television.