After 21 years, Bay Area sports fans finally got something they had been hoping for; a World Series between the A’s and Giants. In 1971 fans were teased with the possibility when the A’s won the AL West and the Giants took the NL West, but both teams went on to lose to the East teams – the Orioles and Pirates. It was the first cross-town World Series since 1956, and I was there for three of the four games in a sweep by the Athletics.
For the 1989 Series, it was Roger Craig’s ‘Humm-Baby’ Giants (92-70) versus the ‘Bash Brothers’ of Tony LaRussa’s Athletics (99-63).