What began as “The Battle of the Bay” pitting the San Francisco Giants against their crosstown rival Oakland Athletics, shockingly became the “Earthquake Series,” when and earthquake registering 6.9 on the Richter scale rocked San Francisco’s Candlestick Park just minutes before the start of Game Three on October 17, 1989. The Series would not resume until 10 days later when the Athletics, who had won the first two games, took Game Three and completed a four-game sweep the next day. The “Earthquake Series” was the Giants’ first Series appearance since 1962 and just the second since the team moved from New York to San Francisco in 1958.

This 1989 Official World Series baseball has been signed by 32 members of the 1989 National League champion San Francisco Giants. Signatures include Will Clark, Matt Williams, manager Roger Craig (on the sweet spot), Bob Knepper, Ken Oberkfell, Brett Butler, Steve Bedrosian, Bob Brenly, coach Dusty Baker, Jose Uribe, Atlee Hammaker and Robby Thompson. This baseball comes with a LOA from JSA.

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