My 1st love in terms of team sports & actually watched the entire series 💙. That team will forever be in my soul…even more now that my beloved Oakland Athletics are gone 😞
Here is a fun fact. Out of all the various and different professional sports in the world, Major League Baseball is ranked second in generated revenue $$$.
What a freaking lineup the athletics had holy crap. It's sad to see what's happening to baseball in Oakland because these are the athletics I grew up watching as a orioles fan. I got to see them live in Baltimores memorial stadium a few times. Glad I have the memory.
John Fisher and his flunkie Dave Kaval have in recent times, gone to great lengths to turn the Athletics from World Champs to World Chumps as a means of getting out of Oakland and on to Las Vegas. It's like Fisher saw the film Major League (which incidentally, also came out in 1989) and thought that Rachel Phelps (whose entire scheme was to assemble a Cleveland team that was so bad, that attendance would go down and thus, she could move the franchise to Miami) was the hero.
The music at the 10:56 mark is "Hardline" by Chris Many and Geoff Levin. Barry Windham would adapt "Hardline" has his first theme tune in World Championship Wrestling (WCW).
when the A's were great during that period the Coliseum was one of the best places to watch a game, that was of course before stadiums became billion dollar luxury buildings, many stadiums back then were multi purpose
My 1st love in terms of sports teams & actually watching the entire series 💙. That team will forever be in my soul…even more now that my beloved Oakland Athletics are gone 😞
I decided to watch this game, which was the first time I have ever seen a game from the 20th century. This in my opinion is the most famous World Series ever in baseball history. Now a lot of people probably haven’t even seen a game of baseball. I have played the sport for as long as I can remember. I was trying to write about an experience for something that I’ve never done, but my mind wasn’t working, so I came across the idea of watching the first game of the 1989 world series. Right off the bat the crowd was way more locked in on baseball then they are now. Not as many fans walking around during first pitch as they do now. It was weird seeing players that were good on the A’s because they have as much money now as they did back then. It shocked me when I saw a young Al Michaels broadcasting. I am used to seeing the old dude broadcasting Sunday night football games. It was hard to hear him because the crowd was so loud. Then they did their analysis of both teams, and it was still very much the same showing the best player from both teams as who to watch out for in the world series. Rickey Henderson for the A’s and Will Clark for the Giants. The game began and Dave Stewart dominated through the Giants top three hitters. What I noticed after the first inning was that the scoreboard they show now on TV was not shown there. So if you wanted to know the score, or the count you’d either have to pay attention to all the details or they will show the score every few minutes. Then the commercials popped up, and I have to say those commercials are so much better than the commercials they show in the super bowl now. It could be because this wasn’t an ordinary match up but these did have the sense that they were shown multiple times before the world series was on. People looked way more happy and there weren’t any depressing commercials that are shown today with people who are all negative. One commercial that I liked in particular was a pesi commercial, because they made it seem like the whole family was having a blast, so they need a refreshment and that Pepsi popped up in an old fashioned bottle. The game progressed and was getting slow so I decided to put it into 2x speed to get to an exciting point, by the time I got to the bottom of the 3rd inning things got intense. I slowed it down and turned the volume up as the A’s struck first. The crowd erupted from this almost instantly after contact with the ball was made. You couldn’t even hear what the broadcasters were saying. Then Jose Canseco came up and you could tell right away that he was on roids, because he looked way bigger than any other player in today’s game. Bro’s back was huge. Mark McGwire though was in the bottom of the line up so I guess that he was in the beginning of his career before he himself was taking steroids. While the Giant’s pitcher was a little upset thrwoing his glove on the bench when he was done. Dave Stewart dominated until the very end finishing off a complete game shutout. When everyone mobbed him he looked dead tired and wanted to get out of there as he showed no emotion and was breathing out of his mouth. Now obviously you can’t watch the 1989 world series without knowing what happened in game 3. So I watched what happened during the actual earthquake. When I did, people were yelling really loud, and the broadcasters were cracking jokes to make the people at home really calm. Even though you couldn’t see what was going on, you could tell that it was a really scary moment and as they described the greatest moment in TV history at the time. Overall I’d give the total experience a ¾. Watching it from school, it didn’t really make a differnce other than my class progressing faster. I was expecting it to take a really long time because back then baseball games were really slow, but they didn’t get all these stupid reviews and challenges so the game went by quickly and was highly entertaining with players not having long at-bats as well. I do wish I could’ve actually been there to not just see the difference but to feel it too. Things were much simpler back in the 80’s 90’s, with baseball being in its prime. Only reason I docked a point was because of the graphics and the fact that you can’t see the score of the game. Otherwise, I would definitely recommend watching a game from the 20th century for other people because their main concern about baseball is that it is too slow, but the reason for that was from people taking too many pitches and managers/umpires taking forever to review plays. It would defintely change their opinion about the sport.
Go watch this game, the 1952 World Series Game 7. How you reacted to 1989 is how I reacted to watching 1952. Players used to leave their gloves on the field between innings. Pitchers warmed up on mounds next to home plate. No batting helmets; if you're lucky, you can put a liner inside your cap. ruclips.net/video/hqZnPQnxO9U/видео.html
i know the A's were good in the 1970's but this A's team right here was the best, they had guys that could hit the ball out of the park from the top to the bottom of the lineup. They havent had a lineup like that since then.
The 2001 A's with Johnny Damon, Jason Giambi, Miguel Tejada, Jermaine Dye, and Eric Chavez, had a stacked lineup, but yeah, that 1989 A's lineup was even more stacked. Mark McGwire batting 6th. LOL
People are so brainwashed by Manfred and john fisher, they continue to blame the fans for the A's moving to very. Thats just absolutely ludicrous. During the 70's you saw Plenty of empty stadiums around mlb. But the A's attendance has been judged by the small crowds that showed up in 2022 and 2023 after fisher stripped the roster down. So stop coming to a negative conclusion about the A's and their fans because of what you hear. I've lived in oakland for almost 60 years and I've experienced multiple sellouts at the coliseum, and great attendance years.
I was 10 in 1989, and let me tell you, this A's team is one of the best team of all time. This world series was probably the biggest mismatch in world series history. It was like an MLB team vs a college team. No contest
@@robertosso5210 Wrong. They previously played each other 3 times in the World Series (1905, 1911 and 1913). 1989 is the fourth overall meeting between the Giants and Athletics.
(Spanish) Es sorprendente la calidad de Rickey Henderson. Por supuesto, su velocidad fue genial. Pero eso no habría servido de nada sin las otras habilidades. Batear después de Rickey Henderson era una enorme ventaja. Podías agarrar tal vez al menos una bola intencional y en el mejor de los casos hasta dos.
Did the announcers say around the end of the 7th inning that the athletics that win 3 world series in a row in the 70s didn't have the best attendance and didn't even draw a million people a year when they were that good. Thats crazy because athletics fans of today blame everything abd attendance issues on the owner or the stadium or lack of a good tream. They weren't drawing the best even then.
they actually did (once) but they nearly did the 2 other years as well even before the streak started of the 3 WS wins. 1972 (1st WS in the streak) drew 921,323 fans (5th most attended stadium) 1973 (2nd WS in the Win Streak) drew 1,000,763 fans (ranked 8th most attended stadium) 1974 (3rd WS in the Win Streak) drew 845,693 fans (ranked 11th most attended stadium). Funny enough 1975, the Oakland A’s had a total of 1,075,518 fans and ranked 6th on the most visited stadium. So your point is invalid and your source too. I just demolished your point with facts, so if you wanna give it another shot, go for it, you will fail.
@@eatmynuggiez8911 I asked a question go back and read what I wrote I wasn't stating it as facts bud. I said did the announcer say they didn't draw well why winning 3 world series in a row. Also a team that good should have been number 2 in attendance at worst
But they drew 2.6 million in 1989. 2.9 million in 1990. 2.8 million in 1992. Yes they didn't draw well during their championship teams in the 70's, but lots of teams were not drawing well in the 70's. Just look at all the empty seats at yankee stadium from left field to right. Don't start making any comparisons. Remember now when the A's first arrived in oakland in 1968 they had to build a fanbase. 1988-1992 the A's averaged 30,000 to 35,000 a game, and had baseballs highest payroll.
what most people outside the Bay Area forget about the 1970s A's was their owner, Charlie Finley was HATED by both the athletes and fans due to his meddling with the lineup, cheap ass to the point of LOWERING players salaries after winning a World Series, giving out super cheap World Series rings without any quality jewel in it, calling the manager during games and trying to make trades to get rid of all his players to the point the Commissioner had to step in. The players were going to go on a boycott. He tried to make 2nd baseman Mike Andrews quit and make him sign a phony statement saying he was injured-all because he made an error in the World Series. Charlie Finley directly influenced free agency-his antics inspired a big change and Marvin Miller and arbitration changed everything. The Bay Area had some hard core fans back then-but Oakland Raiders football was the big sport in the area-that and the Warriors. A lot of people didn't want to support Finley but they loved the team-the Oakland A's boosters always brought cowbells and other noisemakers to the park. Baseball wasn't all that well attended until free agency flourished later in the decade. It really was a different time.
My 1st love in terms of team sports & actually watched the entire series 💙.
That team will forever be in my soul…even more now that my beloved Oakland Athletics are gone 😞
I wish baseball was still this popular
Here is a fun fact. Out of all the various and different professional sports in the world, Major League Baseball is ranked second in generated revenue $$$.
Look how perfect the Coliseum was. It's unfortunate this is the last year I'll get to see my A's in Oakland.
It's also sad that Oakland lost all its other sports teams in just the span of 4 years, including the Raiders and Warriors. What happened??
@@gingerblue2265 The answer is Money.
June 7th is another Reverse Boycott, come along!
@@gingerblue2265 I miss my warriors in Oakland 😢
@@MelachiDubNation2531 Same here 😪
I was just watching this, just a couple hours before I got news that Rickey had passed. 🕊️
What a freaking lineup the athletics had holy crap. It's sad to see what's happening to baseball in Oakland because these are the athletics I grew up watching as a orioles fan. I got to see them live in Baltimores memorial stadium a few times. Glad I have the memory.
John Fisher and his flunkie Dave Kaval have in recent times, gone to great lengths to turn the Athletics from World Champs to World Chumps as a means of getting out of Oakland and on to Las Vegas. It's like Fisher saw the film Major League (which incidentally, also came out in 1989) and thought that Rachel Phelps (whose entire scheme was to assemble a Cleveland team that was so bad, that attendance would go down and thus, she could move the franchise to Miami) was the hero.
The MCI commercial at 7:30 is incredible.
That was an epic awesome commercial. I loved it. My only question, who is MCI?
@@gingerblue2265 phone company
This Oakland team is one of the best teams of all time hands down
The music at the 10:56 mark is "Hardline" by Chris Many and Geoff Levin. Barry Windham would adapt "Hardline" has his first theme tune in World Championship Wrestling (WCW).
Wow I never knew how pretty Oakland Coliseum used to look! It’s so unfortunate how much uglier it was made later on.
It was magical back then 😞. Oakland Coliseum was my very 1st ever sporting event…I was taken there by my parents Spring 1988. #missthosedays
when the A's were great during that period the Coliseum was one of the best places to watch a game, that was of course before stadiums became billion dollar luxury buildings, many stadiums back then were multi purpose
Yeah Al Davis built that massive thing in the middle and it was such a shame
I was never there but it always looked like a great place to see a game before Mt. Davis. It's a bit strange to see it so packed here..
The music that ABC uses during Al Michaels' opening narration is "First Touch" by Yanni.
Look at how beautiful that stadium was before they built Mt Davis.
89 A’s arguably the best lineup ever!
Agree
My 1st love in terms of sports teams & actually watching the entire series 💙.
That team will forever be in my soul…even more now that my beloved Oakland Athletics are gone 😞
I decided to watch this game, which was the first time I have ever seen a game from the 20th century. This in my opinion is the most famous World Series ever in baseball history. Now a lot of people probably haven’t even seen a game of baseball. I have played the sport for as long as I can remember. I was trying to write about an experience for something that I’ve never done, but my mind wasn’t working, so I came across the idea of watching the first game of the 1989 world series.
Right off the bat the crowd was way more locked in on baseball then they are now. Not as many fans walking around during first pitch as they do now. It was weird seeing players that were good on the A’s because they have as much money now as they did back then. It shocked me when I saw a young Al Michaels broadcasting. I am used to seeing the old dude broadcasting Sunday night football games. It was hard to hear him because the crowd was so loud. Then they did their analysis of both teams, and it was still very much the same showing the best player from both teams as who to watch out for in the world series. Rickey Henderson for the A’s and Will Clark for the Giants.
The game began and Dave Stewart dominated through the Giants top three hitters. What I noticed after the first inning was that the scoreboard they show now on TV was not shown there. So if you wanted to know the score, or the count you’d either have to pay attention to all the details or they will show the score every few minutes. Then the commercials popped up, and I have to say those commercials are so much better than the commercials they show in the super bowl now. It could be because this wasn’t an ordinary match up but these did have the sense that they were shown multiple times before the world series was on. People looked way more happy and there weren’t any depressing commercials that are shown today with people who are all negative. One commercial that I liked in particular was a pesi commercial, because they made it seem like the whole family was having a blast, so they need a refreshment and that Pepsi popped up in an old fashioned bottle.
The game progressed and was getting slow so I decided to put it into 2x speed to get to an exciting point, by the time I got to the bottom of the 3rd inning things got intense. I slowed it down and turned the volume up as the A’s struck first. The crowd erupted from this almost instantly after contact with the ball was made. You couldn’t even hear what the broadcasters were saying. Then Jose Canseco came up and you could tell right away that he was on roids, because he looked way bigger than any other player in today’s game. Bro’s back was huge. Mark McGwire though was in the bottom of the line up so I guess that he was in the beginning of his career before he himself was taking steroids. While the Giant’s pitcher was a little upset thrwoing his glove on the bench when he was done. Dave Stewart dominated until the very end finishing off a complete game shutout. When everyone mobbed him he looked dead tired and wanted to get out of there as he showed no emotion and was breathing out of his mouth.
Now obviously you can’t watch the 1989 world series without knowing what happened in game 3. So I watched what happened during the actual earthquake. When I did, people were yelling really loud, and the broadcasters were cracking jokes to make the people at home really calm. Even though you couldn’t see what was going on, you could tell that it was a really scary moment and as they described the greatest moment in TV history at the time.
Overall I’d give the total experience a ¾. Watching it from school, it didn’t really make a differnce other than my class progressing faster. I was expecting it to take a really long time because back then baseball games were really slow, but they didn’t get all these stupid reviews and challenges so the game went by quickly and was highly entertaining with players not having long at-bats as well. I do wish I could’ve actually been there to not just see the difference but to feel it too. Things were much simpler back in the 80’s 90’s, with baseball being in its prime. Only reason I docked a point was because of the graphics and the fact that you can’t see the score of the game. Otherwise, I would definitely recommend watching a game from the 20th century for other people because their main concern about baseball is that it is too slow, but the reason for that was from people taking too many pitches and managers/umpires taking forever to review plays. It would defintely change their opinion about the sport.
Go watch this game, the 1952 World Series Game 7. How you reacted to 1989 is how I reacted to watching 1952. Players used to leave their gloves on the field between innings. Pitchers warmed up on mounds next to home plate. No batting helmets; if you're lucky, you can put a liner inside your cap.
ruclips.net/video/hqZnPQnxO9U/видео.html
i know the A's were good in the 1970's but this A's team right here was the best, they had guys that could hit the ball out of the park from the top to the bottom of the lineup. They havent had a lineup like that since then.
The 2001 A's with Johnny Damon, Jason Giambi, Miguel Tejada, Jermaine Dye, and Eric Chavez, had a stacked lineup, but yeah, that 1989 A's lineup was even more stacked. Mark McGwire batting 6th. LOL
Rest In Peace #24 🕊️
18:47
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People are so brainwashed by Manfred and john fisher, they continue to blame the fans for the A's moving to very. Thats just absolutely ludicrous. During the 70's you saw Plenty of empty stadiums around mlb. But the A's attendance has been judged by the small crowds that showed up in 2022 and 2023 after fisher stripped the roster down. So stop coming to a negative conclusion about the A's and their fans because of what you hear. I've lived in oakland for almost 60 years and I've experienced multiple sellouts at the coliseum, and great attendance years.
We would like them to come back😷⭐️
This Oakland A's team was stacked to the rafters, one of the best lineups in my lifetime.
This stacked A's team from 1988-1990 could only win one World Series, reminds me of the 1969-1971 Orioles
my favorite team ever oakland as
2:49:05- “weather permitting” - tragic irony.
27:20. Just three days later, that beautiful vista was struck with a devastating earthquake.
I’m going to miss my team.
I was born in 89 and was curious how it was during that time. As had it going on 😊
I was 10 in 1989, and let me tell you, this A's team is one of the best team of all time. This world series was probably the biggest mismatch in world series history. It was like an MLB team vs a college team. No contest
The A's had the best uniforms.
The fourth World Series meeting between the Athletics and the Giants.
no that was the only world series they played each other in
@@robertosso5210 Wrong. They previously played each other 3 times in the World Series (1905, 1911 and 1913). 1989 is the fourth overall meeting between the Giants and Athletics.
Although the 4 th meeting had more colorful uniforms
Rest In Peace James Earl Jones
15:53 for the great PA announcer Roy Steele
Bash Brothers
19:09 (40/40)
19:46
Surprised the A’s went 1-2 in the WS. They had a lot of talent!
We like them.😷⭐️😷⭐️👽
57:49 The Dave Stewart Stare
Ron Livingston was supposed to be there singing the national anthem, but I can't find him 😅
If the A's had Rickey Henderson in 1988, the A's wouldve won 5 straight world series.
Not really. They had Rickey Henderson on 1990 when they faced the Reds and Cincinnati decimated them.
(Spanish) Es sorprendente la calidad de Rickey Henderson. Por supuesto, su velocidad fue genial. Pero eso no habría servido de nada sin las otras habilidades.
Batear después de Rickey Henderson era una enorme ventaja. Podías agarrar tal vez al menos una bola intencional y en el mejor de los casos hasta dos.
F the BS let McGwire in the Hall
Before Oakland went woke, it was a hell of a town...
Why is this still unironically said in the year 2024?
Is that a young Paul Giamatti?
Might be if they were honoring his dad who had died in September of a heart attack.
Yes…that is a young Paul Giamatti before 🎭. Definitely small world being an lifelong A’s fan ⚾️
Спасибо!
Did the announcers say around the end of the 7th inning that the athletics that win 3 world series in a row in the 70s didn't have the best attendance and didn't even draw a million people a year when they were that good. Thats crazy because athletics fans of today blame everything abd attendance issues on the owner or the stadium or lack of a good tream. They weren't drawing the best even then.
they actually did (once) but they nearly did the 2 other years as well even before the streak started of the 3 WS wins. 1972 (1st WS in the streak) drew 921,323 fans (5th most attended stadium) 1973 (2nd WS in the Win Streak) drew 1,000,763 fans (ranked 8th most attended stadium) 1974 (3rd WS in the Win Streak) drew 845,693 fans (ranked 11th most attended stadium). Funny enough 1975, the Oakland A’s had a total of 1,075,518 fans and ranked 6th on the most visited stadium. So your point is invalid and your source too. I just demolished your point with facts, so if you wanna give it another shot, go for it, you will fail.
@@eatmynuggiez8911 I asked a question go back and read what I wrote I wasn't stating it as facts bud. I said did the announcer say they didn't draw well why winning 3 world series in a row. Also a team that good should have been number 2 in attendance at worst
But they drew 2.6 million in 1989. 2.9 million in 1990. 2.8 million in 1992. Yes they didn't draw well during their championship teams in the 70's, but lots of teams were not drawing well in the 70's. Just look at all the empty seats at yankee stadium from left field to right. Don't start making any comparisons. Remember now when the A's first arrived in oakland in 1968 they had to build a fanbase. 1988-1992 the A's averaged 30,000 to 35,000 a game, and had baseballs highest payroll.
@@eatmynuggiez8911don't be an asshole
what most people outside the Bay Area forget about the 1970s A's was their owner, Charlie Finley was HATED by both the athletes and fans due to his meddling with the lineup, cheap ass to the point of LOWERING players salaries after winning a World Series, giving out super cheap World Series rings without any quality jewel in it, calling the manager during games and trying to make trades to get rid of all his players to the point the Commissioner had to step in. The players were going to go on a boycott. He tried to make 2nd baseman Mike Andrews quit and make him sign a phony statement saying he was injured-all because he made an error in the World Series. Charlie Finley directly influenced free agency-his antics inspired a big change and Marvin Miller and arbitration changed everything. The Bay Area had some hard core fans back then-but Oakland Raiders football was the big sport in the area-that and the Warriors. A lot of people didn't want to support Finley but they loved the team-the Oakland A's boosters always brought cowbells and other noisemakers to the park. Baseball wasn't all that well attended until free agency flourished later in the decade. It really was a different time.
Monday night football and MacGyver
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