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OFFICIAL 2017 WORLD SERIES L.A. DODGERS VS. ASTROS THREAD

What a dud that Justin Wilson trade turned out to be. Cubs have their Series but definitely shortened the window by spending so much of their prospect capital.
 
What time do you want my Dodgers to start playing ? 3PM PDT ?
 
I remember when I was a kid they'd play a weekday LCS game at 3 or 4 PM and another at 8 PM and it was fantastic because I'd come home from school and get to watch an entire postseason game. I remember Will Clark beating the Cubs and Rickey Henderson just absolutely crushing the Blue Jays in 1989. Remember Roger Clemens getting thrown out of Game 4 of the ALCS in 1990. Those were the best, cemented me as a baseball fan. Ah well.

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You're lucky bkf isn't around to fact-check that post.
 
don't be a candyass

get on the bandwagon for my DODGERS

embrace the west coast times
 
avalon said:
You're lucky bkf isn't around to fact-check that post.
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1989 League Championship Schedule (all times Eastern):

Tuesday, Oct 3: ALCS Game 1 Blue Jays @ Athletics 8:26 PM
Wednesday Oct 4: ALCS Game 2 Blue Jays @ Athletics 3:10 PM
Wednesday Oct 4: NLCS Game 1 Giants @ Cubs 8:20 PM
Thursday Oct 5: NLCS Game 2 Giants @ Cubs 8:35 PM
Friday Oct 6: ALCS Game 3 Athletics @ Blue Jays 7:22 PM
Saturday Oct 7: ALCS Game 4 Athletics @ Blue Jays 1:20 PM
Saturday Oct 7: NLCS Game 3 Cubs @ Giants 8:20 PM
Sunday October 8: ALCS Game 5 Athletics @ Blue Jays 4:35 PM
Sunday October 8: NLCS Game 4 Cubs @ Giants 8:20 PM
Monday October 9: NLCS Game 5 Cubs @ Giants 3:07 PM
 
JDawg said:
1989 League Championship Schedule (all times Eastern):

Tuesday, Oct 3: ALCS Game 1 Blue Jays @ Athletics 8:26 PM
Wednesday Oct 4: ALCS Game 2 Blue Jays @ Athletics 3:10 PM
Wednesday Oct 4: NLCS Game 1 Giants @ Cubs 8:20 PM
Thursday Oct 5: NLCS Game 2 Giants @ Cubs 8:35 PM
Friday Oct 6: ALCS Game 3 Athletics @ Blue Jays 7:22 PM
Saturday Oct 7: ALCS Game 4 Athletics @ Blue Jays 1:20 PM
Saturday Oct 7: NLCS Game 3 Cubs @ Giants 8:20 PM
Sunday October 8: ALCS Game 5 Athletics @ Blue Jays 4:35 PM
Sunday October 8: NLCS Game 4 Cubs @ Giants 8:20 PM
Monday October 9: NLCS Game 5 Cubs @ Giants 3:07 PM
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Game 2

Wednesday, October 4, 1989, at Oakland–Alameda County Coliseum in Oakland, California
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Toronto 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 3 5 1
Oakland 0 0 0 2 0 3 1 0 X 6 9 1
WP: Mike Moore (1–0) LP: Todd Stottlemyre (0–1) Sv: Dennis Eckersley (1)
Home runs:
TOR: None
OAK: Dave Parker (1)

Game 2 saw the A's throw their number two starter, Mike Moore, against the Blue Jays' Todd Stottlemyre. All was quiet until the top of the third when the Blue Jays' Lloyd Moseby scored after singling, moving to second on a single and third on an error and coming home on a fielder's choice ground out to make it 1–0. The A's captured the lead in the bottom of the fourth with the 'Rickey Rally,' a familiar run-scoring method of bygone years. Rickey Henderson singled, stole second and then third, and came home on Carney Lansford's single to tie the game. Lansford then scored on Mark McGwire's double to give the A's a 2–1 lead. The game stayed close until the sixth.

In the bottom of the sixth, Dave Parker led off with a home run. After McGwire singled, Cito Gaston pulled Stottlemyre in favor of Jim Acker. Acker then gave up a double to Dave Henderson and a single to Tony Phillips that scored two more runs and made it a 5–1 Oakland lead. Gaston pulled Acker and replaced him with David Wells, who got the final two outs of the inning, but the game was for all intents and purposes over.

Another 'Rickey Rally' ensued in the seventh when Henderson walked, stole second, stole third, and scored on an error by Fred McGriff. In doing this, Henderson became the first player ever to steal four bases in a postseason game. The steal of third elicited a reaction from Blue Jays third baseman Kelly Gruber when Henderson walked the last several steps to the base because the catcher didn't throw. Gruber accused Henderson of showing up the Blue Jays in the post-game interview. Henderson's run made it 6–1 Oakland.

The Blue Jays put together a mini-rally in the eighth when they loaded the bases against Rick Honeycutt with nobody out and A.L. home run champion Fred McGriff at the plate. The A's countered by bringing in Dennis Eckersley, who minimized the damage by yielding a one-run single to McGriff and then giving up another run on a double play. Eckersley retired the Jays in order in the ninth, and the A's won 6–3 to go up two games to none in the series. Moore was the winning pitcher, Stottlemyre the loser, and Eckersley got his fifth save in his last five chances in the ALCS dating back to 1988.
 
Game 5

Monday, October 9, 1989, at Candlestick Park in San Francisco, California
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Chicago 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 10 1
San Francisco 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 X 3 4 1
WP: Rick Reuschel (1–1) LP: Mike Bielecki (0–1) Sv: Steve Bedrosian (3)

Before the game, the Tower of Power horn section played the National Anthem.

The Giants made it to their first World Series since 1962 with a 3–2 win over the Cubs to win the 1989 National League pennant, four games to one. The final game pitted Mike Bielecki against a well-rested (due to his quick exit from Game 2) Rick Reuschel. Reuschel made amends for his poor start in Game 2 by giving up only one run over eight innings. The one run Reuschel gave up was an unearned run the Cubs scored when Walton reached on an error by Mitchell and then scored on Sandberg's double. The Cubs held the 1–0 lead until the seventh inning when Will Clark tripled and scored on Mitchell's sacrifice fly.

With two outs in the eighth, the Cubs appeared ready to perhaps send the series back to Chicago, but Candy Maldonado pinch-hit for Reuschel and walked. Bielecki then proceeded to load the bases by walking both Butler and Thompson. Don Zimmer sent for Mitch Williams to end the jam, but Clark drove home the pennant-winning runs with a single to center that gave the Giants a 3–1 lead. Les Lancaster got Matt Williams out to end the inning but the Cubs were finished.

They did rally, however, in the ninth with three straight singles that made it 3–2. But Sandberg grounded out and the Giants were in their first World Series since 1962. Clark's stellar performance earned him Most Valuable Player honors for the Giants. Clark hit .650 with eight RBIs.

Giants pitcher Dave Dravecky, who would ultimately have his pitching arm amputated due to cancer, broke his arm during the Giants' on-field celebration following Game 5.
 
Game 4

Wednesday, October 10, 1990, at Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum in Oakland, California
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Boston 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 4 1
Oakland 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 X 3 6 0
WP: Dave Stewart (2–0) LP: Roger Clemens (0–1) Sv: Rick Honeycutt (1)

The fourth game was a pitching rematch of Game 1, as Stewart again faced Clemens. In the bottom of the second, the "Rocket" gave up consecutive singles to Lansford and Steinbach, and both advanced one base due to a throwing error by Greenwell. McGwire then forced Steinbach, driving in Lansford with the first run of the game.

Randolph was the next batter, and when home plate umpire Terry Cooney adjudged Clemens' fifth pitch to him to be ball four, the Red Sox ace lost his composure, letting loose a stream of profanities. Although Clemens later claimed he was talking to his glove, Cooney assumed the comments were directed at him and promptly ejected Clemens from the game. Upon realizing he had been ejected, Clemens charged at the umpires, while Peña and Boston manager Joe Morgan fiercely argued the call. The Red Sox bench also exploded, with Clemens' indignant teammates hurling water coolers and litter onto the field. In the end, Clemens, Morgan, and Marty Barrett were thrown out; an angry Barrett had merited his ejection by having to be physically restrained from leaving the dugout and confronting the umpiring crew.[5]

The ejection proved to be the turning point of the game, as Gallego proceeded to belt a double to center field off Clemens' replacement, Tom Bolton, scoring both McGwire and Randolph. The Red Sox briefly mounted a last-ditch rally in the top of the ninth, scoring a single run courtesy of an Ellis Burks double and a single by Jody Reed, but Athletics reliever Rick Honeycutt got Greenwell to ground out, handing Oakland its third straight American League pennant. This was Oakland's last postseason series win until 2006.
 
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