Notable baseball games to air on NBC

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The following is a list of noteworthy games to air on NBC's coverage of Major League Baseball.

Main article: Major League Baseball on NBC

Contents

[edit] Regular season

[edit] 1968

[edit] 1969

[edit] 1972

[edit] 1974

[edit] 1975

[edit] 1977

  • N.Y. Yankees at Boston:[8] On June 18 at Fenway Park in Boston, Jim Rice, a powerful hitter but a slow runner, hit a ball into right field that the New York Yankees' Reggie Jackson seemed to get to without much speed, and Rice reached second base. Furious, Yankees manager Billy Martin removed Jackson from the game without even waiting for the end of the inning, sending Paul Blair out to replace him. When Jackson arrived at the dugout, Martin yelled that Jackson had shown him up. They argued, and Jackson said that Martin's heavy drinking had impaired his judgment. Despite Jackson being eighteen years younger, about four inches taller and maybe forty pounds heavier, Martin lunged at him, and had to be restrained by coaches Yogi Berra and Elston Howard. Red Sox fans could see this in the dugout and began cheering wildly, and the NBC-TV cameras showed the confrontation to the entire country.

[edit] 1978

[edit] 1979

[edit] 1981

  • Detroit at Milwaukee:[15] On the final Game of the Week telecast of the regular season, the Brewers clinch the "second half" title of the AL East.

[edit] 1982

  • Oakland at Boston:[16] A three-run eighth inning provides the Red Sox with the winning margin.

[edit] 1983

[edit] 1984

[edit] 1985

[edit] 1986

“ He can play center, right, left, third, short. Boy, this kid is something, he's just everywhere... ”

[edit] 1987

  • Toronto at Detroit:[55] Locked in an intense race for AL East title, the Blue Jays and Tigers play on the final Saturday of the regular season.

[edit] 1988

  • Toronto at Minnesota:[56] The defending World Champion Twins take on the Blue Jays on NBC's first Game of the Week of the season.

[edit] 1989

[edit] August 26, 1939

NBC's relationship with Major League Baseball technically, dates back to August 26, 1939. It was on that particular date that W2XBS (an expremential television station out of New York City which would ultimately become NBC's flagship station, WNBC) the first ever Major League Baseball game was televised. With Red Barber announcing, the Brooklyn Dodgers and the Cincinnati Reds played a doubleheader at Ebbets Field. The Reds won the first 5-2 while the Dodgers won the second, 6-1. Barber called the game without the benefit of a monitor and with only two cameras capturing the game. One camera was on Barber and the other was behind the plate. Barber had to guess from which light was on and where it pointed.

[edit] 1947 World Series

1947 also saw the first televised World Series. The games were shown in the New York area by NBC and sponsored by Gillette and Ford. The 1947 World Series brought in an estimated 3.9 million people, becoming television's first mass audience.

[edit] October 3, 1951

On October 3, 1951, NBC aired the first coast-to-coast baseball telecast as the Brooklyn Dodgers were beaten by the New York Giants in the final game of a playoff series by the score of 3-1 (off Bobby Thomson's now-legendary home run).

[edit] 1955 World Series

Another first for NBC during this period was the first color telecast of a World Series, the 1955 matchup between the Brooklyn Dodgers and the New York Yankees.

[edit] 1969-1971

NBC televised the 1969 World Series which was between the Baltimore Orioles and the New York Mets. Curt Gowdy and Lindsey Nelson had the call, Gowdy coming up with a memorable one during one of Tommy Agee's spectacular catches during Game 3. He said:

“ What a drive! Tom Agee! Saved two runs! ”

The network also aired the great defense by the human vacuum cleaner, one Brooks Robinson during the 1970 World Series which pitted Robinson's Baltimore Orioles against the Cincinnati Reds, and showed the world the play of legendary Pittsburgh Pirate Roberto Clemente during the 1971 contest when the Pirates took on the Baltimore Orioles who were defending their 1970 World Series title, only to lose to the Pirates in 7 games.

On October 13, 1971, the World Series held a night game for the very first time. Commissioner Bowie Kuhn, who felt that baseball could attract a larger audience by featuring a prime time telecast (as opposed to a mid-afternoon broadcast, when most fans either worked or attended school), pitched the idea to NBC. An estimated 61 million people watched Game 4 on NBC; TV ratings for a World Series game during the daytime hours would not have approached such a record number.

[edit] 1972-1978

In 1972, Joe Garagiola called the All-Star Game with Curt Gowdy. The next day, Garagiola grabbed NBC Sports head Carl Lindemann and told Lindemann "I can't work with him. He kept cutting me off. I couldn't say a word."

While calling the 1972 American League Championship Series, Tony Kubek said that Oakland's Bert Campaneris throwing his bat at Detroit's Lerrin LaGrow (who knocked Campaneris down) was justified. Kubek believed that any pitch aimed squarely at the batter's legs can endanger his career. Incensed, Detroit's Chrysler Corporation phoned Commissioner Bowie Kuhn, who then called NBC, which in return, pressured Kubek.

The Oakland A's won the 1972, 1973 and 1974 World Series. Curt Gowdy handled the main play by play as always for the NBC Sports coverage. The 1972 contest found the Cincinnati Reds taking on the A's, the 1973 series found them against the New York Mets which turned out to be the final world series appearance for Willie Mays, who had signed with the Mets that year. The Los Angeles Dodgers faced the A's in 1974.

In 1973, NBC launched the "celebrity in the booth" segment for their Monday Night Baseball telecasts. Tony Kubek panned it at a network luncheon saying "Cosell, Bobby Riggs, Danny Kaye? A great guy, but come on."Once on NBC's Monday Night Baseball broadcast, guest Howard Cosell began trashing baseball saying

“ No amount of description can hide the fact that this game is 'lagging insufferably'. ”

Kubek countered by saying

“ Baseball's athletes top everyone's. ”
“ No, my friend, try auto racing, ”

smirked Cosell (which left Kubek almost speechless).

On September 1, 1975, NBC's last Monday Night Baseball game, in which the Montréal Expos beat the Philadelphia Phillies 6-5.

[edit] 1975 World Series

In 1975, because of NBC's coverage of Game 2 of the World Series between the Cincinnati Reds and Boston Red Sox, NBC's 1 p.m. NFL telecasts were cancelled. All games except New England at Cincinnati were picked up by local stations in visiting team markets. Meanwhile, at 4 p.m., NBC showed Oakland at Kansas City nationally. As the 1975 World Series progressed, NBC would advertise its upcoming weekend schedule during the breaks. They said,

“ If we have a Game 7, we'll have The Baseball World of Joe Garagiola at 12:30 and Game 6 from Fenway. Otherwise, we'll have GrandStand at 12:30, and Buffalo/Miami for most of you at 1:00. Either way, you win at NBC. ”

In the 10th inning of Game 3 of the 1975 World Series, Cincinnati's César Gerónimo reached first base. Then, Boston catcher Carlton Fisk flung Ed Armbrister's bunt into center field. Kubek on the NBC telecast, immediately charged that Armbrister interfered [with the attempted forceout] despite the fact that home plate umpire Larry Barnett didn't agree. After Joe Morgan drove in the game winning run for the Reds (by a score of 6-5), Barnett blamed Kubek for death alarum. Later, Kubek got 1,000 letters dubbing him a Boston stooge.

The sixth game, which had played almost five days later due to heavy rains in Boston, and was aired in prime time on NBC on October 21st, was called by the same team of Tony Kubek, Joe Garagiola and Curt Gowdy, with the addition of local Boston (at the time) sportscaster Dick Stockton. It was Garagiola who called Boston's Bernie Carbo's home run which tied the game to force extra innings:

“ Back, back, way back...we're tied up! ”

When Boston's Carlton Fisk hit what was to become his historic home run in the 12th, Dick Stockton had the call:

“ Long drive, if it stays fair...home run! And the series is tied at three games a piece!! ”
Tony Kubek interviews Carlton Fisk following Fisk's dramatic game winning home run in Game 6 of the 1975 World Series.
Tony Kubek interviews Carlton Fisk following Fisk's dramatic game winning home run in Game 6 of the 1975 World Series.

Also notable about Fisk's home run is the shot of him "waving the ball to stay fair", which was a shot of him waving his arms to the right, trying to "will" the ball to stay in fair territory, thus being a home run and not a foul. The shot, which was directed by the veteran Harry Coyle for NBC, revolutionized the industry and had a big part in changing the way sports was presented on television.

It was reported that an estimated 75 million people watched the 7th and deciding game, which the Reds managed to win, in Boston. The series turned out to be a major milestone for NBC, their sports division especially. Their coverage of the 1975 World Series won an Emmy in 1976 for Outstanding Live Sports Special. Scotty Connal, who was the executive producer and producer Roy Hammerman, took home the prize.

[edit] 1976 and 1978

The 1976 World Series was between the New York Yankees and the defending World Champion Cincinatti Reds. It was again called by Joe Garagiola and Tony Kubek. The series itself was anti-climactic, (the 1975 World Series was certainly a tough act to follow regardless) as the Reds swept the Yankees in four games to win their second consecutive World Championship.

Rival network ABC had gotten the rights to air the 1977 and 1979 World Series. The 1978 Series, which was the game's 75th, pitted the Yankees against the Los Angeles Dodgers. Once again, it was called by Garagiola and Kubek.

[edit] Vin Scully

Main articles: Vin Scully, 1984 World Series, 1986 World Series, 1988 World Series, 1983 National League Championship Series, 1985 National League Championship Series, 1987 National League Championship Series, and 1989 National League Championship Series

During his tenure at NBC (1983-1989), Scully was on hand for many remarkable moments: Fred Lynn hitting the first grand slam in All-Star Game history (1983); the powerful 1984 Detroit Tigers winning the World Championship; Ozzie Smith's dramatic game-winning home run in Game 5 of the 1985 National League Championship Series; the mind-boggling sixth game of the 1986 World Series; the thrilling 1987 All-Star Game in Oakland, which was deadlocked at 0-0 before Tim Raines broke up the scoreless tie with a triple in the top of the 13th inning; the first official night game in the history of Chicago's Wrigley Field (August 9, 1988); Kirk Gibson's dramatic game-winning home run in Game 1 of the 1988 World Series; and, chatting with Ronald Reagan in the booth during the 1989 All-Star Game in Anaheim.

Memorable Scully Calls

[edit] 1986 World Series

Concluding Game 6 of the 1986 World Series, Scully uttered arguably the most famous call of his career:

“ A little roller up along first ... behind the (first-base) bag! It gets through Buckner! Here comes Knight and the Mets win it! ”

Scully then remained silent for approximately 2 minutes and 30 seconds, letting the pictures and the crowd tell the story. Scully finally said,

“ If one picture is worth a thousand words, you have seen about a million words, but more than that, you have seen an absolutely bizarre finish to Game 6 of the 1986 World Series. The Mets are not only alive, they are well, and they will play the Red Sox in Game 7 tomorrow! ”
Kirk Gibson at-bat during NBC's coverage of Game 1 of the 1988 World Series.
Kirk Gibson at-bat during NBC's coverage of Game 1 of the 1988 World Series.

[edit] 1988 World Series

For more details on this topic, see Kirk_Gibson#Vin_Scully.27s_Call_.28word-for-word_transcript.29.

Two years later, in Game 1 of the World Series, Scully made a call that no Los Angeles baseball fan will ever forget, when Kirk Gibson of the Dodgers hit a dramatic, walk-off, two-run home run to beat the Oakland Athletics 5-4. Over the course of the season, Gibson had injured both legs (to swing a bat, Scully announced, Gibson would only be able to use his upper-body strength, because "he can't push off [with the back leg], and he can't land [on the front leg].") and was being treated in the trainer's room, out of sight, during the entire game.

In the ninth (and final) inning, pinch-hitter Mike Davis was awarded first base on a two-out walk,

“ and look who's coming up, ”

Scully said. After two strikes, Gibson hit a ball on the ground, limped about 50 feet toward first base before the ball bounced foul,

“ ...and it had to be an effort to run that far. ”

Finally, on a 3-balls, 2-strikes pitch to Gibson from relief pitcher Dennis Eckersley, Scully was as stunned as anyone when he nearly screamed,

“ High fly ball into right field, she i-i-i-is... gone!!! ”

Holding to his long-standing belief that the noise of the fans best tells the story, Scully did not speak for 67 seconds before announcing, incredulously,

“ In a year that has been so improbable, the impossible has happened! ”

Later, Scully said to his broadcast partner (Garagiola) and to the viewers,

“ What an opening act, huh? I think we've got a leading man, and many of them, between now and the end of this great 1988 World Series. ”

The next day, NBC's pregame likened Gibson to The Natural. Producers Michael Weisman and David Neal got the film, stayed up all night at Paramount Studios, then took the by police escort to Dodger Stadium, completing it at air-time. Kirk Gibson would not make another appearance in the series, which the Dodgers won, 4 games to 1. Scully would later say that he was still in such disbelief several hours later, he couldn't sit down.

[edit] 1989 All-Star Game

While at the 1989 All-Star Game, Scully watched the gifted and versatile Bo Jackson, who was leading off for the American League, hit a towering home run off of Rick Reuschel. The ball that Jackson hit sailed high and far, soared over the center-field fence, and landed an estimated four-hundred-forty-eight feet from home plate. Scully reacted to the homer by saying on the NBC telecast

“ And look at that one! Bo Jackson says hello! ”

[edit] 1989 National League Championship Series

The final Major League Baseball game that Vin Scully called for NBC was on October 9, 1989. Scully was at San Francisco's Candlestick Park to broadcast Game 5 of the National League Championship Series between the San Francisco Giants and Chicago Cubs. The Giants were on the brink of winning their first National League pennant in 27 years. In a moment that no San Francisco baseball fan will ever forget, Giants first baseman (and eventual NLCS MVP) Will Clark broke up a 1-1 tie in the bottom of the 8th inning after getting a base hit (with the bases loaded) off of the Cubs' relief ace, Mitch Williams. Prior to the showdown between Clark and Williams, Scully summarized it by simply saying

“ I guess we figured it should come down to this. ”

Clark took the first fastball for a strike, then fouled one away. Williams' next pitch missed the outside corner to bring the count to 1-and-2. After Clark fouled off two more pitches, he hit a screaming line drive up the middle to bring in two runs.

“ Line drive, base hit into center field! In comes one, in comes Butler, going to third is Thompson! 3 to 1 San Francisco!!! ”

Just prior to Clark's dramatic base hit, Scully said

“ In every big series there comes a time when it becomes difficult to breathe, difficult to swallow. This is that moment. ”

After Giants pitcher Steve Bedrosian gave up a run in the top of the 9th, he was able to get Ryne Sandberg to ground out and end the game.

“ Breaking ball hit to Robby Thompson...and that's it! ”

[edit] Bob Costas and Tony Kubek

Main articles: Bob Costas, Tony Kubek, 1983 American League Championship Series, 1985 American League Championship Series, 1987 American League Championship Series, and 1989 American League Championship Series

[edit] June 23, 1984

One of Bob Costas and Tony Kubek's (who worked as a team on the Game of the Week from 1983-1989) most memorable broadcasts came on June 23, 1984. The duo were at Chicago's Wrigley Field to call an unbelievable 12-11 contest between the Chicago Cubs and St. Louis Cardinals. Led by second baseman Ryne Sandberg, the Cubs rallied from a 9-3 deficit before winning it in extra innings. After Sandberg hit his second home run in the game (with two out in the bottom of the 9th to tie it 11-11), Costas cried

“ That's the real Roy Hobbs because this can't be happening! We're sitting here, and it doesn't make any difference if it's 1984 or '54-just freeze this and don't change a thing! ”
See also: Ryne_Sandberg#.22The_Sandberg_Game.22

[edit] September 30, 1989

The final regular season edition of NBC's Game of the Week was televised on September 30, 1989. That game featured the Toronto Blue Jays beating Baltimore Orioles 4-3 to clinch the AL East title from the SkyDome. It was the 981st edition of NBC's Game of the Week overall. Hosted by Gayle Gardner, the final edition of Major League Baseball: An Inside Look served as a lengthy pregame clip show featuring memorable moments from NBC's baseball games (mostly from the World Series). Gardner added that it would be NBC's last baseball game...at least for now. Coincidently, from 1977-1989, Tony Kubek (in addition to his NBC duties) worked as a commentator for the Toronto Blue Jays.

[edit] 1994 All-Star Game

After a four year hiatus, ABC and NBC returned to Major League Baseball under the umbrella of a revenue sharing venture called The Baseball Network.

The Baseball Network kicked off its coverage on July 12, 1994 with the All-Star Game out of Pittsburgh's Three Rivers Stadium. The game was televised on NBC with Bob Costas, Joe Morgan, and Bob Uecker calling the action and Greg Gumbel hosting the pre-game show. Helping with the interviews were Hannah Storm and Johnny Bench. The 1994 All-Star Game reportedly sold out all its advertising slots. This was considered an impressive financial accomplishment, given that one thirty-second spot cost $300,000.

After the All-Star Game was complete, NBC was scheduled to televise six regular season games on Fridays or Saturdays in prime time. The networks had exclusive rights for the 12 regular season dates, in that no regional or national cable service or over-the-air broadcaster may telecast a Major League Baseball game on those dates.

See also: 1995 American League Division Series, 1995 National League Division Series, 1995 American League Championship Series, 1995 National League Championship Series, and 1995 World Series

[edit] The Jim Gray/Pete Rose Interview

In 1999, NBC's field reporter Jim Gray, who had previously covered Major League Baseball for CBS, came under fire for a confrontational interview with banned all-time hit king Pete Rose. Just prior to the start of Game 2 of the World Series, Gray pushed Rose, who was on hand in Atlanta's Turner Field to accept the fan voted honor of being named to MasterCard's All-Century Team, into admitting to betting on baseball games while as manager of the Cincinnati Reds ten years earlier. After NBC was flooded with tons of viewer complaints, Gray was forced to clarify (much less apologize) his actions to the viewers at home prior to Game 3. Regardless of Gray's sincerity, Game 3 hero Chad Curtis of the New York Yankees boycotted Gray's request for an interview live on camera; Curtis had hit a game winning home run to send the World Series 3-0 in the Yankees' favor. Curtis said to Gray

“ Because of what happened with Pete, we decided not to say anything. ”

[77][78]

Despite the heavy criticism he received, Gray offered no apology for his line of questioning toward Rose.

“ I stand by it, and I think it was absolutely a proper line of questioning, ”

said Gray.

“ I don't have an agenda against Pete Rose . . . Pete was the one who started asking me questions. I definitely wouldn't have gone (that) direction if he had backed off. My intent was to give Pete an opportunity to address issues that have kept him out of baseball. I thought he might have had a change of heart. . . . He hadn't had an opening in 10 years. ”

[79]

“ Jim Gray: Pete, now let me ask you. It seems as though there is an opening, the American public is very forgiving. Are you willing to show contrition, admit that you bet on baseball and make some sort of apology to that effect?

Pete Rose: Not at all, Jim. I'm not going to admit to something that didn't happen. I know you're getting tired of hearing me say that. But I appreciate the ovation. I appreciate the American fans voting me on the All-Century Team. I'm just a small part of a big deal tonight.

JG: With the overwhelming evidence in that report, why not make that step...

PR: No. This is too much of a festive night to worry about that because I don't know what evidence you're talking about. I mean, show it to me...

JG: Pete, those who will hear this tonight will say you have been your own worst enemy and continue to be. How do you respond to that?

PR: In what way are you talking about?

JG: By not acknowledging what seems to be overwhelming evidence.

PR: Yeah, I'm surprised you're bombarding me like this. I mean I'm doing an interview with you on a great night, a great occasion, a great ovation. Everybody seems to be in a good mood. And you're bringing up something that happened 10 years ago ... This is a prosecutor's brief, not an interview, and I'm very surprised at you.

JG: Some would be surprised that you didn't take the opportunity.

 ”

Five years later, Rose finally admitted to gambling.

[edit] 2000 American League Championship Series

After the conclusion of Game 6 of the 2000 American League Championship Series (between the New York Yankees and Seattle Mariners from Yankee Stadium) on October 17, Bob Costas and his partner for the past seven years, Joe Morgan helped sign off with Ennio Morricone's theme[80] from The Untouchables playing over the credits. With that, another era at NBC Sports had come to an end. To date, this would be NBC's last Major League Baseball telecast.

[edit] References

  1. ^ Game Played on Saturday, September 14, 1968 (D) at Tiger Stadium
  2. ^ Game Played on Saturday, July 12, 1969 (D) at Wrigley Field
  3. ^ Game Played on Saturday, June 10, 1972 (D) at Candlestick Park
  4. ^ Game Played on Saturday, June 24, 1972 (N) at Memorial Stadium
  5. ^ Game Played on Saturday, July 22, 1972 (D) at Fenway Park
  6. ^ Game Played on Monday, April 8, 1974 (N) at Atlanta Stadium
  7. ^ Game Played on Monday, September 1, 1975 (N) at Veterans Stadium
  8. ^ Game Played on Saturday, June 18, 1977 (D) at Fenway Park
  9. ^ Game Played on Saturday, April 15, 1978 (D) at Busch Stadium II
  10. ^ Game Played on Saturday, April 15, 1978 (D) at Yankee Stadium
  11. ^ Game Played on Saturday, June 9, 1979 (D) at Royals Stadium
  12. ^ Game Played on Saturday, August 11, 1979 (D) at Veterans Stadium
  13. ^ Game Played on Saturday, May 9, 1981 (D) at Stade Olympique
  14. ^ Game Played on Saturday, September 26, 1981 (D) at Astrodome
  15. ^ Game Played on Saturday, October 3, 1981 (D) at County Stadium
  16. ^ Game Played on Saturday, May 22, 1982 (D) at Fenway Park
  17. ^ Game Played on Saturday, May 29, 1982 (D) at Stade Olympique
  18. ^ Game Played on Saturday, April 9, 1983 (D) at Dodger Stadium
  19. ^ Game Played on Saturday, April 9, 1983 (D) at Royals Stadium
  20. ^ Game Played on Saturday, May 7, 1983 (D) at Stade Olympique
  21. ^ Game Played on Saturday, July 30, 1983 (D) at Tiger Stadium
  22. ^ Game Played on Saturday, April 7, 1984 (D) at Comiskey Park I
  23. ^ Game Played on Saturday, June 16, 1984 (D) at Yankee Stadium
  24. ^ Game Played on Saturday, June 23, 1984 (D) at Wrigley Field
  25. ^ Game Played on Saturday, July 7, 1984 (D) at Candlestick Park
  26. ^ Game Played on Friday, July 27, 1984 (N) at Shea Stadium
  27. ^ Game Played on Saturday, July 28, 1984 (D) at Shea Stadium
  28. ^ Game Played on Friday, September 7, 1984 (N) at Shea Stadium
  29. ^ Game Played on Saturday, June 15, 1985 (D) at Yankee Stadium
  30. ^ Game Played on Saturday, June 22, 1985 (D) at Tiger Stadium
  31. ^ Game Played on Saturday, June 22, 1985 (D) at Comiskey Park I
  32. ^ Game Played on Saturday, July 20, 1985 (D) at Shea Stadium
  33. ^ Game Played on Friday, July 26, 1985 (N) at Dodger Stadium
  34. ^ Game Played on Friday, August 2, 1985 (N) at Yankee Stadium
  35. ^ Game Played on Saturday, August 10, 1985 (D) at Shea Stadium
  36. ^ Game Played on Saturday, September 7, 1985 (D) at Dodger Stadium
  37. ^ Game Played on Saturday, September 21, 1985 (N) at Shea Stadium
  38. ^ Game Played on Saturday, October 5, 1985 (D) at Arlington Stadium
  39. ^ Game Played on Saturday, October 5, 1985 (D) at Busch Stadium II
  40. ^ Game Played on Saturday, April 12, 1986 (D) at Veterans Stadium
  41. ^ Game Played on Saturday, April 26, 1986 (N) at Busch Stadium II
  42. ^ Game Played on Sunday, June 29, 1986 (D) at Wrigley Field
  43. ^ Game Played on Friday, July 11, 1986 (N) at Shea Stadium
  44. ^ Game Played on Saturday, July 26, 1986 (D) at Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium
  45. ^ Game Played on Saturday, September 13, 1986 (D) at Yankee Stadium
  46. ^ Game Played on Saturday, October 4, 1986 (D) at Astrodome
  47. ^ Game Played on Saturday, May 2, 1987 (D) at Shea Stadium
  48. ^ Game Played on Saturday, July 11, 1987 (N) at Astrodome
  49. ^ Game Played on Saturday, July 18, 1987 (D) at Royals Stadium
  50. ^ Game Played on Friday, July 24, 1987 (N) at Shea Stadium
  51. ^ Game Played on Saturday, July 25, 1987 (D) at Comiskey Park I
  52. ^ Game Played on Saturday, September 5, 1987 (D) at Yankee Stadium
  53. ^ Game Played on Saturday, September 19, 1987 (D) at Candlestick Park
  54. ^ Game Played on Saturday, September 26, 1987 (D) at Exhibition Stadium
  55. ^ Game Played on Saturday, October 3, 1987 (D) at Tiger Stadium
  56. ^ Game Played on Saturday, April 9, 1988 (D) at Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome
  57. ^ Game Played on Saturday, April 9, 1988 (D) at Veterans Stadium
  58. ^ Game Played on Saturday, April 16, 1988 (D) at Shea Stadium
  59. ^ Game Played on Saturday, May 14, 1988 (D) at Candlestick Park
  60. ^ Game Played on Saturday, June 4, 1988 (D) at Shea Stadium
  61. ^ Game Played on Saturday, June 25, 1988 (D) at Wrigley Field
  62. ^ Game Played on Saturday, July 2, 1988 (D) at Comiskey Park I
  63. ^ Game Played on Saturday, July 23, 1988 (D) at Busch Stadium II
  64. ^ Game Played on Tuesday, August 9, 1988 (N) at Wrigley Field
  65. ^ Game Played on Tuesday, August 9, 1988 (N) at Riverfront Stadium
  66. ^ Game Played on Saturday, September 3, 1988 (D) at Shea Stadium
  67. ^ Game Played on Saturday, September 10, 1988 (D) at Busch Stadium II
  68. ^ Game Played on Friday, September 16, 1988 (N) at Fenway Park
  69. ^ Game Played on Saturday, April 8, 1989
  70. ^ Game Played on Saturday, April 22, 1989 (D) at Shea Stadium
  71. ^ Game Played on Saturday, June 17, 1989 (D) at Candlestick Park
  72. ^ Game Played on Tuesday, August 1, 1989 (N) at Dodger Stadium
  73. ^ Game Played on Saturday, August 5, 1989 (D) at Candlestick Park
  74. ^ Game Played on Saturday, August 19, 1989 (D) at Shea Stadium
  75. ^ Game Played on Saturday, August 26, 1989 (D) at Yankee Stadium
  76. ^ Game Played on Saturday, September 30, 1989 (D) at SkyDome
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