You hit a foul ball, and it would bounce off and go halfway back into the infield. There are mixed emotions about whether we should be doing this or not, although we made the decision that we should be doing it. As the 30th anniversary of the Bay Bridge Series approached, both franchises celebrated that season's accomplishments, and players from both sides looked back at the moment that a World Series became part of something so much bigger …. The shock was centered in The Forest of Nisene Marks State Park in Santa Cruz County, approximately 10 mi (16 km) northeast of Santa Cruz on a section of the San Andreas Fault System and was named for the nearby Loma Prieta Peak in the Santa Cruz Mountains. ", Butler: "Our chances were good. Sports broadcasters, Al Michaels and Tim McCarver, were on the air doing a live broadcast for ABC television when the earthquake began. If we could have gotten to their [third, fourth and fifth best], we were better than theirs. We played simulated games there. A's closer Dennis Eckersley: "I was in the bathroom combing my hair, because it's almost introduction time. ", Clark: "Once things sort of calmed down, I was able to get back to the dugout. a magnitude 7.1 earthquake severely shook the greater San Francisco and Monterey Bay areas. ", Williams: "We were going to get Game 3 at our place against a pitcher we felt we could beat and get back in the series, and we'd see where we would go from there. ", Krukow: "We just had a massive hit to our community, so what could possibly be something that would heal the spirits? Because we were coming back and momentum was going to shift. With an Mw magnitude of 6.9 and a maximum Modified Mercalli intensityof IX (Violent), the shock was responsible for 63 deaths and 3,75… and I was out the door. ", Krukow: "After I saw what had happened in the city, I thought it was going to be over. We had fields there to do that on. The magnitude-6.9 Loma Prieta earthquake struck 31 minutes before Game 3 of the 1989 World Series, devastating the Bay Area, bringing two rival fan … With an earthquake, you know another one is coming at some point. I stepped out of the dugout and looked up and noticed that there was dust falling from the upper deck. ", Krukow: "I didn't give [talk of a neutral location] much credibility. The earthquake was centered about 60 miles from Candlestick Park, with the heaviest shaking taking place in the Santa Cruz Mountains and lasting around 15 seconds. I think that's the smartest thing we did. It was the first World Series sweep since 1976, when the Cincinnati Reds swept the New York Yankees. I was surprised when we came back, and that we came back and played in Candlestick. ", Clark: "Hypothetically, if there was no earthquake, I was liking our chances. I don't know if it would have been a different story, but I think it would have been a little bit of a different battle. ", Stewart: "It allowed us a better opportunity to do things that we needed to do. Many of those playing in the World Series either had grown up around earthquakes or spent enough time in the Bay Area to become familiar, but they knew right away that this one was different. These photos show how the 1989 World Series was about a lot more than an earthquake. We had the Marina fire, we had the [Bay] Bridge collapse. ", Hammaker: "All we thought about was our families in the stands. 1 sport in America, and I felt that it would be a healing process for both areas. So now I get the opportunity to give us the first foot forward. Like us on Facebook to see similar stories, Fact check: Bill Gates is not trying to 'block the sun's rays' in the name of climate change, State of emergency declared in NC city ahead of Brown footage release. When we got on the field, all of the walkie-talkies and the speakers from the police officers [are on] and you can hear what's going on if you're paying attention. Fans were stunned as the 6.9 Magnitude struck unexpectedly during the public event. We got the trophy.". On the 17th of October this year, the 23rd anniversary of the Loma Prieta earthquake passed. ", Thompson: "We just tried to keep busy and keep loose and keep throwing and find a place to go. About that time, the wave came through the stadium. They were on a mission. The power was out. Oct. 23, 2019 Updated ... would win Game 1 and Game 3 for the A's in the 1989 World Series… I still felt that baseball was the No. ", Stewart: "As time passed and we decided that we were going to play, I thought of baseball as entertainment. I knew something had happened because I could see the TVs blinking off and on. We knew that they had a couple of pitchers that were pretty good in Dave Stewart and Moore. ", Lefferts: "I think we win a couple games for sure [without the break]. I came back to the dugout and said, ‘What's the matter, Bobby?' Facendo clic su "Accetta tutto" accetti che Verizon Media e i suoi partner registrino e/o accedano a dati sul tuo dispositivo mediante l'utilizzo di cookie e tecnologie simili ed elaborino i tuoi dati personali al fine di mostrarti annunci e contenuti personalizzati, valutare l'efficacia di tali annunci e contenuti, raccogliere informazioni sul pubblico e sviluppare prodotti. We'll reassess and see where we're at. On October 17, 1989, at 5:04:15 p.m. Multiple interstate blocks and building's collapsed due to the strength of the massive earth quake. It really was one of the most incredible things I had experienced. So what does it take to shut Tim McCarver up? ", Krukow: "We went into the city and to shelters. Losing never really occurred to me. It killed 63 people and injured thousands. ", © Provided by NBC Sports Regional: Bay Area An estimated 3,757 people were injured and there were 67 reported fatalities. It was a major earthquake with a magnitude of 6.9 that was nationally televised during a World Series game between the two Bay Area teams, the Oakland Athletics and the San Francisco Giants. Losing never entered my mind when it came to pitching in the World Series. ", Thompson: "I think there's probably a better fight from us [without the break]. Get outside.' I felt we should play. I had never been in anything like that, and it was just sad that something like that had happened. That would make zero sense. ", Williams: "The engineers had to get in and take a look at the ballpark and make sure it was safe. It was really one of the most remarkable things I had ever experienced. ", Giants pitcher Mike Krukow: "I was right behind the plate. 1989 Bay Bridge World Series earthquake: Oral history of the moment, aftermath. I had kind of a unique view in that I'm looking into the stands. Crowds in Candlestick Park after a 6.9 magnitude earthquake rocks game 3 of the World Series between the Oakland A’s and San Francisco Giants on October 17, 1989 in … I thought of it as the national pastime. The Loma Prieta earthquake, which happened 25 years ago at 5:04:15 p.m. PT on Oct. 17, 1989, reached a magnitude of 6.9 and lasted 17 seconds that … Bob goes, ‘It's an earthquake. The backstop at Candlestick was self-supporting - it was the smallest backstop and most rigid because it didn't have any support stands - and that thing never moved. ", Giants infielder Matt Williams: "I was sitting on the bench and noticed something. I was shocked. Between 1900 and 1989, there were nine earthquakes with a magnitude above 6.0 in the region, and just one at 6.9 or above, according to official … And we got out in the community and tried to help as much as we could with anything that we could. Then you heard the bits and pieces, and thought, ‘Uh oh, this is serious.' He said, ‘We've got some problems.' Crowds in Candlestick Park after a 6.9 magnitude earthquake rocks game 3 of the World Series between the Oakland A’s and San Francisco Giants on October 17, 1989 in … There were radios and small televisions, and all of a sudden, the news started coming out. Obviously it's never happened before. Seleziona "Gestisci impostazioni" per ulteriori informazioni e per gestire le tue preferenze. There was just kind of silence in the stands, and it was like, ‘Uh oh, something bad must have happened.' I had walked out of the dugout and was looking up at the stands behind home plate to see if my wife and family had gotten into their seats. Chili told me that he went from the right lane to the far left lane and then got off the road. Now we're in it ,and we're trying to figure out what exactly is the proper thing to do in respect to San Francisco and respect to Oakland. The 1989 World Series between the Oakland A’s and San Francisco Giants was deemed the “Battle of the Bay” and ended on October 28th but that was after a 10-day delay due to a severe earthquake. Sixty-three people died, and nearly 3,800 were injured. We felt the rumbling, and I thought, ‘What in the world is that?' You don't know the severity of this thing at all. It's a special moment that takes place in both stadiums. Instead, a well-rested Stewart again took the ball and threw seven strong innings en route to World Series MVP honors. Three decades later, the sights and sounds of that moment still are crystal clear to the men who were preparing for Game 3. We're talking about lives and downtown and the bridge and everything else. © Provided by NBC Sports Regional: Bay Area. ", Giants first baseman Will Clark: "I was running a sprint in center field because it was right before introductions. But you've still got to face Stew again. ", Stewart: "The first game, I was focused, ready to pitch. I thought maybe we would play somewhere else. I knew it was something greater than just a tremor at the ballpark and loss of power at the ballpark. Inside the stadium, we're underground, so when the electricity went out, it went pitch black. Geologists had forecast a major earthquake in this area based on historical data, especially the lack of a major seismic event along the San Andreas fault since 1906 -- the 8.3 San Francisco earthquake. With all that happened around the city and the loss of life, baseball really didn't mean much at that point. ", Eckersley: "We were ready. But on October 17, 1989, game three of the World Series was about to begin when a magnitude 6.9 earthquake (known as the Loma Prieta earthquake) struck the city of San Francisco at 5:04 pm (PST). ", Giants pitcher Dave Dravecky: "It was like a freight train was literally coming through the doors of the clubhouse. Special thanks to Anthony Garcia for his contributions to this story. Show full articles without "Continue Reading" button for {0} hours. Three decades later, this is a series that doesn't look particularly close. The quake struck with a moment magnitude of 6.9 on October 17, just before the start of the third game of the World Series, which was being held at San Francisco's Candlestick Park. Editor's Note: This story originally was published on Oct. 17, 2019. Game 3 was quickly postponed by commissioner Fay Vincent, and Major League Baseball and the two organizations began the process of figuring out what would come next because of the damage done to Candlestick and the region. At that point we knew we weren't going to play. At the end of the day, we all huddled together - Major League Baseball, the A's, the Giants - and we decided it would be good to come back and play once everything was established as safe. The Bay Bridge was unusable for a month. In 1989, the Loma Prieta Earthquake forever changed the face of the Bay Area. ", Thompson: "It got close [to being canceled]. We got a chance to play in it, and we would have loved a better result, but it didn't work out that way for us. They were playing that [Queen] song, ‘We Will Rock You,' and I thought the fans were stomping. That one was tragic and unique and interesting all at the same time. We saw the asphalt rolling like carpet, and we knew it was bad. Albeit it's the World Series and it's the Bay Bridge Series and all of that. The 86th edition of the World Series, it was a best-of-seven playoff played between the American League (AL) champion Oakland Athletics and the National League (NL) champion San Francisco Giants. The police came out on the field. We ran back through the tunnel and through the double doors and came into the stands, and they were all good. All coaches are announced, along with trainers and members of the clubhouse staff. The Dodgers beat them in 1988, and they came back with pretty much the same squad. The earthquake claimed 63 lives and resulted in more than 3,700 injuries, with heavy damage throughout the Bay Area. ", Giants outfielder Brett Butler: "I thought they would [cancel it]. Everybody was helping. Monday is the 27th anniversary of the magnitude-6.9 Loma Prieta earthquake, which struck on Oct. 17, 1989. Map of the 1989 San Francisco–Oakland earthquake (also known as the Loma Prieta earthquake). Watch Games 1 through 4 of the 1989 World Series between the Giants and A's this week at 8 p.m. on NBC Sports California and streaming here, beginning Monday and wrapping up Thursday. Their two best pitchers pitched Game 1 and 2 and then 3 and 4 because [of the] break. They worked it out where we were in large groups and we went to various parts of the city. Also, the World Series between the San Francisco Giants and Oakland A's was postponed. The earthquake almost took me to the ground. We were all fine with, listen, there are more important things than a World Series. But ultimately that never happened. ", Eckersley: "You're getting bits and pieces of information, and all I kept thinking was everything was going to be all right. It was crazy. ", Giants pitcher Atlee Hammaker: "I was in the clubhouse talking to Bob Knepper and Dave Dravecky. Loma Prieta was the first major earthquake in the United States to be broadcast live, and much of the existing baseball broadcast infrastructure was put to use in other ways in the following hours. ABC broadcaster Al Michaels turned into a reporter for the national news broadcast, and the Goodyear Blimp, no longer needed for the game, provided aerial coverage of the damage done to San Francisco and the Bay Area. Total denial, right? - Giants first baseman Will Clark, talking about the earthquake. Everything that went on put things in perspective of just realizing we are playing a game. I knew what was happening. We sat there and talked and listened and spent some hours there. We thought that if we could play all the way through, it could have been a different series. We stood up and just raced out into the parking lot area. The Series ran from October 14 through October 28, with the Athletics sweeping the Giants in four games. Moore gave up two runs over six innings in Game 4, and the A's finished the sweep with a 9-6 victory. At that point, we weren't really pounding the table to do either [play or not play]. We went down to Phoenix, back to where we went to spring training, and played a couple of intrasquad games. Auxiliary lights came on, and I said, ‘Earthquake!' Will Clark pull quote for 1989 World Series. But some Giants and many of their fans still wonder what could have been without the 10-day layoff. on October 17th. The property damage price tag for the quake was over $5.9 Billion. Fai clic qui per saperne di più sui nostri partner. ", Stewart: "There was a lot of talk of it. An earthquake. We didn't know when and we didn't know how, but get everybody out safely and head home. The 1989 Loma Prieta earthquake occurred on California's Central Coast on October 17 at 5:04 p.m. local time. Here are a … They had a lot of thunder in their lineup, they had speed, they had the pitching staff. You play the game, you play the game right, you play the game hard - but you also realize it's just a game. There was some talk of moving the remaining games to another city in California. Clark: "I thought they would cancel the World Series. I knew it was a serious situation there. ", A's pitcher Dave Stewart: "The first thing we heard was that the bridge collapsed. At 5:04 p.m. that night the Loma Prieta earthquake struck the bay area with the fierce and strong forces of mother nature. We thought that our pitching staff as a whole was better, even though those two guys were really good. Ten days went by. ", Thompson: "We waited it out, and I think it was a shot in the arm to both cities to get the game back and let people forget about, for the moment anyway, what had just happened. It was just a better atmosphere to get the work done. ", Williams: "I think everybody's concern was getting everybody out of the ballpark safely. If I can pick one thing for why I pitched the way I did, I think a lot just has to do with your expectations and what you expect of yourself. Introduction. Both teams line up on the foul lines, and every player is introduced, whether he's a star or a journeyman reliever, the ace of the staff or a rookie who didn't even make the final 25-man roster. This publication contains over 100 high-resolution photographs of that event. Technology has changed the way baseball is played and watched, but the sport remains committed to its traditions, and in the minutes leading up to the first pitch of the World Series, the routine always has been the same. ", Krukow: "There was a police officer who had been in our dugout all year, the same guy, and we had gotten to know him. ", Giants outfielder Kevin Mitchell: "I was in right field running sprints and talking to Tony Phillips. ", Giants closer Craig Lefferts: "I was in the clubhouse on the phone talking to Chili Davis as he was driving into the stadium. You can't take two teams from the Bay Area out of the Bay Area and have them go play. I looked at him and he said they had a new communication system that's infallible and it was out. In Game 2, 19-game winner Mike Moore allowed one run over seven innings in a 5-1 Oakland win. Clark: "We were going to have to go out, do a good job and then get some breaks. Could they have grabbed momentum? It was terrible, obviously. The epicenter was located approximately 14.5 km (9 mi) northeast of Santa Cruz and 96.6 km (60 mi) south-southeast of San Francisco, near Loma Prieta Peak in the Santa Cruz Mountains. The magnitude-6.9 Loma Prieta earthquake struck 31 minutes before Game 3 of the 1989 World Series, devastating the Bay Area, bringing two rival fan bases together for a more important cause and leaving the rest of the Fall Classic in doubt. The earthquake struck at 5:04p.m. Puoi cambiare le tue preferenze in qualunque momento nella sezione Le tue impostazioni per la privacy. Everybody's got their families there, of course, and making sure that they had safe passage down to the field. Centered near Loma Prieta peak in the mountains south of San Jose, the quake killed 63 people and caused an estimated $6 billion to $10 billion in property loss. Just prior to game 3 on Oct. 17th, the Loma Prieta earthquake (magnitude 7.1) struck the San Francisco/Oakland area. Crowds in Candlestick Park after a 6.9 magnitude earthquake rocks game 3 of the World Series between the Oakland A’s and San Francisco Giants on October 17, 1989 in … It was unbelievable, the screech of all the iron in the stadium. Stewart, who won 21 games in the regular season, had thrown 138 pitches in Game 1, striking out six and allowing just five hits in an A's shutout victory. It was coming all in segments. While remembered best for the devastating earthquake that interrupted its progression, the 1989 World Series had many other subplots. The 1989 World Series was the championship series of Major League Baseball's (MLB) 1989 season. Bill Van Niekerken. The Giants knew what they were in for with those two, but they hoped to get to Bob Welch in Game 3 and take off from there. 1989 San Francisco Earthquake Facts. We did the same at Candlestick. The first thing I heard was that the bridge collapsed, and then as time passed, I heard that the Marina was on fire. Candlestick had structural damage. I knew [a cancellation] could possibly happen. By that time, all the police radios were going crazy. More time passed, and they talked about the Cypress Structure collapsing. Warning Signs. They scored 22 runs over the final 18 innings. It still didn't mean anything at that point because people lost their lives, their homes, their loved ones. Earthquake Loma Prieta California 1989 The Loma Prieta earthquake was a major earthquake that struck the San Francisco Bay Area of California on October 17, 1989, at 5:04 p.m. local time. Minutes before the scheduled start of the third game of the 1989 World Series in San Francisco, a magnitude 6.9 earthquake rocked the California coast from Monterey to San Francisco. They were stretching and chatting and getting ready for the cameras when they were interrupted by a moment this region never will forget. I'm from the Bay Area, so I know what earthquakes are, but this was ridiculous. (P.d.t.) ", Mitchell: "I knew it was serious when I came in and Willie Mays told me the bridge had fallen. I got into an athletic position to try to keep my balance, and it didn't go away. That's what it felt like. Could the title drought actually have ended 21 years before Bruce Bochy and his band of misfits beat the Texas Rangers for San Francisco's first World Series championship? It was felt extensively throughout the entire Bay Area . On October 17, 1989, a 6.9 magnitude earthquake rocked the San Francisco Bay Area, killed 63 people, injured 3,757 more and left thousands homeless. Once it stopped, the fans started singing ‘We Will Rock You.' The four-game s… USGS today revised upward the magnitude of the Oct. 17 earthquake, from 6.9 to 7.1 on the Richter scale, after checking data from 18 seismic stations around the world. There were no cell phones back then, so we drove into Burlingame and waited in line an hour to get a six-page Chronicle, and that was kind of what our information was. I looked up and saw the backstop, and it was swaying 7 or 8 feet. We huddled as a team and talked collectively with our front office and with the A's and made sure it would be safe if in fact we decided to play. Measured at a magnitude 6.9, it was the largest earthquake on the San Andreas Fault since the catastrophic San Francisco earthquake of 1906. I didn't think we would ever leave the Bay Area because of who was involved in playing. You never know if you will. 1989 Bay Bridge World Series earthquake: Oral history of the moment, aftermath originally appeared on NBC Sports Bay Area. The San Mateo Bridge had structural damage. There was still that slight hesitation [about] what the right thing is to do. ", Stadium workers repair damage done to Candlestick Park during the Loma Prieta earthquake, which delayed the 1989 World Series by 10 days (Photo by The Associated Press). The magnitude 6.9 Loma Prieta earthquake on October 17, 1989, known as the “World Series earthquake,” caused 63 deaths, 3,757 injuries and more than $5.9 billion in property damage. There were debates going back between the commissioner's office and I think the owners of each team about the right thing to do, with what was the right protocol with a situation similar to this. It was a powerful Magnitude 7.1 earthquake, centred on the Santa Cruz Mountains and rocking the region from Santa Cruz to Oakland, immortalizing that particular World Series as … You think it's like the F-15 flying above. ", Giants pitcher Scott Garrelts: "The hard part is staying focused there, and you've got to be sympathetic to all the damage and the loss of life and everything going on in the city. Microsoft and partners may be compensated if you purchase something through recommended links in this article. We'll reconvene the series in that community. The 1989 Loma Prieta earthquake occurred on October 17th during Game 3 of the 1989 World Series. It was still bright, but the power had gone out to all the light standards. Exactly three decades ago, at 5:04 p.m. on Oct. 17, the Giants and A's were spread throughout Candlestick Park, preparing for their second round of introductions. Pitchers' fielding practice, infield instruction and drills, outfield drills. ", Stewart: "In respect to the lives that were taken, the destruction that had happened, all of the craziness and disarray and the rebuilding of the area, I felt that was the right thing to do to not parade and to not have a championship celebration. ", Eckersley: "Fay Vincent was the commissioner. This October marks the 26th anniversary of the 1989 Loma Prieta earthquake that shook the Bay Area during the late-afternoon on Oct. 17. I looked up, and the light towers are going back and forth, and you're like, ‘Oh god, this ain't good.' Did it make a difference that the A's went to train in Phoenix while the Giants stayed in the Bay Area during the delay? The bathroom is pretty close to the exit, as it turns out. I'm looking up, and I feel this thing under my feet, like it was a 600-pound gopher going under my feet. I didn't know exactly what it was, and then I heard the crowd start to rumble and start to break out in ‘We Will Rock You.' ", Giants infielder Robby Thompson: "It kind of went silent. They won the first two games in Oakland, and then we were headed back to Candlestick with our screaming fans, and then the earthquake hit and all hell broke loose. The Goodyear blimp, present for the World Series game, was pressed into service providing aerial shots of the damage. Then it kicked on and I got an ear load of some of the things going on. We ran out into the players' parking lot, where they had the hospitality tent out there. More cases than not, you're able to make that happen. I had never seen a community come together like that. Ultimately the delay was just 10 days, but as players waited to get back on the field, many of them wondered if their season had come to an end the second the ground started shaking. The second game, I would say I was fresh, and my focus was as if it was the first game. I was combing my hair, and it sounded like a train was coming through the door. We had police come on the field in their cars, and we were able to hear the scanners about what was going on in the city. Per saperne di più su come utilizziamo i tuoi dati, consulta la nostra Informativa sulla privacy e la nostra Informativa sui cookie. You thought it's an earthquake, and now everybody will get back in their seats and let's play. All of a sudden, that stopped. ", Stewart: "It was a strange feeling that first game back. It was the second straight all-California World Series, and the fourth overall as of 2012 (the others were in 1974, 1988, and 2002). 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