Yahoo Sports Dave Stewart remembers the '89 earthquake and calls out a Hall of Famer on 'Old Baseball Cards'
Thirty years ago on Thursday, Mother Nature threw Major League Baseball a curveball. The World Series between the Oakland Athletics and San Francisco Giants was postponed when a 6.9 magnitude earthquake made the Bay Area shake.
For the anniversary of one of the most memorable World Series, we’ve lined up three special episodes of “Old Baseball Cards” featuring stars of that 1989 Oakland A’s championship team. To start, we’re opening packs of 1989 Topps and Fleer with A’s ace Dave Stewart, who was the World Series MVP that year and who threw a shutout in Game 1 of the series.
Stewart leads off by finding a Giants player and shares lots of memories from there. He calls out a Hall of Fame hitter, sees a number of friends (our episode even gets interrupted by one of his buddies) and finds one ex-teammate he’s willing to trade his whole pack for. Of course, we have to talk about the famous Dave Stewart Death Stare, too.
Stewart went on to work in a few different MLB front offices — including working as the GM of the Arizona Diamondbacks. He’s also been an MLB agent. So he knows plenty of people around the game and that comes through in his stories.
If you’re new to our show, we open packs of old cards with baseball players, coaches and famous fans. The cards themselves might not be worth much, but the stories and memories they produce are priceless. There are plenty of great ones below you should also check out. A few that might be timely right about now: Nationals GM Mike Rizzo, Astros star Alex Bregman, Hall of Famer and Fox Sports analyst John Smoltz and Yankees pitcher CC Sabathia.
Next up, we have World Series throwback episodes with Rickey Henderson (Oct. 21) and Dennis Eckersley (Oct. 24).
Previously on Old Baseball Cards
RECENT EPISODES: Don Mattingly | Tom Gordon & Nick Gordon | Ron Darling | Mike Rizzo | Craig Counsell | Rocco Baldelli | Kevin Cash | Brad Ausmus | Pete Rose | Mike Trout | Kyle Freeland | Tony Gwynn Jr. | Archie Bradley | Manny Machado | Keynan Middleton | Pete Alonso | Todd Frazier | Miguel Rojas | Future Stars edition | Tim Wallach | LaTroy Hawkins | Kenny Lofton | Torii Hunter
MUST-SEE EPISODES: Randy Johnson | George Brett | Dave Winfield | Gary Vee | Jerry Dipoto | Mike Krukow | HQ’s Scott Rogowsky | Felipe Alou | Torey Lovullo | Nick Swisher | David Ross | Tim Raines | Thomas Ian Nicholas aka Henry Rowengartner | Pedro Martinez | Bronson Arroyo | Eric Davis | Dusty Baker | Hank Azaria | Alex Rodriguez | Scott Boras | A.J. Ellis | Bernie Williams | Chase Utley | John Smoltz
COMPILATIONS: Best trades of 2017 | Best finds of 2017 | Best Guests of 2017 (Part 1) | Best Guests of 2017 (Part 2) | The Best of People Eating 30-Year-Old Gum | The Best Finds of 2018 | Favorite Guests of 2018
CROSSOVER EPISODES: The Miz | Metta World Peace | Jazzy Jeff
STARS FROM BACK IN THE DAY: Fred Lynn | Eduardo Perez | J.J. Putz | Luis Gonzalez| Duane Kuiper | Edgar Martinez | Ryne Sandberg | Frank Thomas | Sandy Alomar Jr. | Delino DeShields | Cliff Floyd | Dan Plesac | Aaron Boone | Bobby Bonilla | Andre Dawson | Ivan Rodriguez | Jack Morris | Jeff Nelson | Mark Teixeira | Rick Ankiel | Kevin Millar
MANAGERS/COACHES: Terry Francona | Joe Maddon | Bruce Bochy | Clint Hurdle | Buck Showalter | Brad Mills | Bob Melvin | Dave Roberts | Gabe Kapler | Alex Cora | Dave Martinez | Ron Gardenhire | Scott Servais
CURRENT PLAYERS: Alex Bregman | CC Sabathia | Curtis Granderson | Noah Syndergaard | Kyle Hendricks | Clayton Kershaw | Todd Coffey | John Axford | Dee Gordon | Adam Eaton | Rajai Davis | Brad Ziegler & Tyler Clippard | Buster Posey, David Price & Anthony Rizzo
CELEBS: Kurt Busch | Bill Nye | Mr. Belding | Alyssa Milano | Josh Duhamel | Joel McHale
ETC: Chris “Mad Dog” Russo | Josh Kusnick | Jeff Passan | Ken Kendrick
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Mike Oz is a writer for Yahoo Sports. Have a tip? Email him at mikeozstew@yahoo.com or follow him on Twitter! Follow @mikeoz
