History of the World Series – 1990 An aura of invincibility was enveloping Manager Tony La Russa’s A’s, who had won three straight AL pennants and entered the ’90 World Series as defending titleists. In 1989, Oakland had dispatched San Francisco in four games in the fall classic. The Athletics had power, speed, defense and…
test On October 20, 1990, the Cincinnati Reds complete a stunning four-game sweep of the heavily-favored Oakland A’s. Jose Rijo retires the last 20 batters he faces, with ninth-inning help from Randy Myers, wins his second game of the series. finishing off a 2-1 victory. Rijo is named World Series MVP. @ET-DC@eyJkeW5hbWljIjp0cnVlLCJjb250ZW50IjoicG9zdF90YWdzIiwic2V0dGluZ3MiOnsiYmVmb3JlIjoiTGVhcm4gTW9yZSBhYm91dCB0aGUgdGVhbXMsIHBsYXllcnMsIGJhbGwgcGFya3MgYW5kIGV2ZW50cyB0aGF0IGhhcHBlbmVkIG9uIHRoaXMgZGF0ZSBpbiBoaXN0b3J5IC0gLSAtIC0gLSAtIC0gIiwiYWZ0ZXIiOiIiLCJsaW5rX3RvX3Rlcm1fcGFnZSI6Im9uIiwic2VwYXJhdG9yIjoiIHwgIiwiY2F0ZWdvcnlfdHlwZSI6InBvc3RfdGFnIn19@
1990 – The Cincinnati Reds move within one game of a shocking World Series sweep by beating the Oakland Athletics, 8 – 3, in Game 3. Chris Sabo has a pair of home runs for the Reds.
The Braves wisely select Florida high school SS Chipper Jones with the first pick in the annual free-agent draft. The Tigers follow with Tony Clark and the Phils use the 3rd pick on Mike Lieberthal. The A’s use their 14th choice to take the much sought after Todd Van Poppel‚ passed over because of his stated intention to pitch at the University of Texas. The A’s change his mind and he signs on July 16th for $1.2 million. Late in the 6th round‚ the independent Class A Miami Miracle draft Mike Lansing under a never-before-used rule. The rule will be abolished‚ but Lansing will play two years with the Miracle and make the majors with the Montreal Expos.
1990 – In the first extra-inning World Series game since 1986, the underdog Cincinnati Reds beat the powerful Oakland Athletics, 5 – 4, in ten innings, to take a surprising 2-0 lead in the World Series. Reds outfielder Billy Hatcher goes 4 for 4 to run his consecutive streak of hits to seven, tying a World Series record set by Thurman Munson.
1990 – In Game 1 of the World Series, Eric Davis becomes the 22nd player in Series history to hit a home run in his first World Series at-bat. The Cincinnati Reds go on to rout the Oakland Athletics, 7 – 0, ending Oakland’s ten-game postseason winning streak.
1990 – Danny Jackson, Norm Charlton and Randy Myers combine on a one-hitter as Cincinnati beats the Pirates, 2 – 1, to win the NLCS in six games.
1990 – The Oakland Athletics sweep the Boston Red Sox for the American League pennant and their third straight trip to the World Series with a 3 – 1 victory. MVP Dave Stewart wins for the eighth straight time in head-to-head match-ups with Roger Clemens, who is ejected in the 2nd inning for arguing balls and strikes with umpire Terry Cooney.
1990 – Trailing 3 – 0 after one inning, the Pirates come from behind to beat Cincinnati, 4 – 3, in Game 1 of the National League Championship Series.
On October 3, 1990.00 Willie McGee becomes the first major league player to win a batting title in a league in which he didn’t finish the season. McGee, who had a .335 average when St. Louis traded him to Oakland on August 28th, wins his second National League batting crown when Dave Magadan of the…
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