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.

Offered here is an Official Ball 1989 World Series A. Bartlett Giamatti stamped baseball that has been signed by 30 members of the 1989 National League Champion San Francisco Giants. Manager Roger Craig signed his name on the sweet spot in light blue pen. Other signatures include Will Clark, Dusty Baker, Chris Speier, Scott Garrelts, Pat Sheridan, Matt Williams, Don Robinson, Jeff Brantley, Wendell Kim, Ken Oberkfell, Atlee Hammaker and several others. Most of the signatures have been penned in black ink, with some penned in blue. This comes with a LOA from JSA (BB21848).

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