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The Oakland Athletics won the 1989 World Series, sweeping the San Francisco Giants four games to none. The Bay Bridge Series was halted for ten days after the Loma Prieta earthquake struck shortly before Game 3 on October 17, 1989. Dave Stewart, who won Games 1 and 3, was named World Series MVP.
The Bash Brothers' crowning moment. The Bay Bridge Series, interrupted by the Loma Prieta earthquake, ended in an Oakland sweep of the Giants.
See every player on the championship club in the full 1989 Oakland Athletics roster.
For the story of that team, from the Bash Brothers to Dennis Eckersley's bullpen, read our feature on the 1989 Oakland A's, and see every championship in our A's World Series history.
The Oakland Athletics, who swept the San Francisco Giants four games to none. It is the A's ninth and most recent World Series title.
The San Francisco Giants, their neighbors across the bay, which is why it is called the Bay Bridge Series.
A's pitcher Dave Stewart, who won Game 1 with a shutout and Game 3 after the earthquake delay.
A magnitude 6.9 earthquake, the Loma Prieta earthquake, struck the Bay Area shortly before Game 3 at Candlestick Park on October 17, 1989. The series was suspended for ten days and resumed on October 27.
In 1989. The A's reached the World Series again in 1990 but were swept by the Cincinnati Reds.
Nine: 1910, 1911, 1913, 1929, and 1930 in Philadelphia, and 1972, 1973, 1974, and 1989 in Oakland.
Sources: Baseball-Reference, 1989 World Series; U.S. Geological Survey, M 6.9 Loma Prieta earthquake.
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