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1989
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Championships, events, culture, births, and deaths that occurred in 1989.
Contents |
[edit] Club competitions
[edit] Professional
[edit] Asia and Australia
- Nippon Professional Baseball
- Nippon Series: Yomiuri Giants (CL) over the Kintetsu Buffaloes (PL), 4 - 3 - 0 (Details)
- Korea Baseball Organization: Haitai Tigers defeated the Binggrae Eagles in the Korean Series (Details)
[edit] Europe
- European Cup: Ronson Lenoir Rimini, Serie A1 (Details)
- Division Élite: Paris Université Club
- Baseball-Bundesliga: Mannheim Tornados
- Hoofdklasse Honkbal: Opel Nicols Haarlem
- Holland Series: Haarlem Nicols defeated the SC Neptunus in the series, 4 - 3 (Details)
- Serie A1: Mamoli Robinetterie Grosseto
[edit] North America
- Major League Baseball
- World Series: Oakland Athletics (AL) over the San Francisco Giants (NL), 4 - 0 (Details)
- Minor League Baseball
- Triple-A Classic: Indianapolis Indians (AA) over the Richmond Braves (IL), 4 - 0 (Details)
- American Association: Indianapolis Indians (Details)
- International League: Richmond Braves (Details)
- Pacific Coast League: Vancouver Canadians (Details)
- Liga Mexicana de Béisbol: Tecolotes de los Dos Laredos defeated the Leones de Yucatán in the finals, 4 - 2
- Cuban Serie Nacional: Santiago de Cuba (Details)
[edit] Winter Leagues
- Serie del Caribe: in Mazatlán, México; Águilas del Zulia (Venezuela) (Details)
- Liga de Béisbol Profesional de la República Dominicana: Leones del Escogido defeated the Tigres del Licey in the finals, 4 - 0
- Liga Mexicana del Pacífico: Águilas de Mexicali
- Liga de Béisbol Profesional de Puerto Rico: Indios de Mayagüez
- Liga Venezolana de Béisbol Profesional: Águilas del Zulia defeated the Tigres de Aragua in the finals, 4 - 3
[edit] Amateur
- All-Japan University Baseball Championship Series: Kinki University defeated the Senshu University in the final, 10 - 7 (Details)
- National Collegiate Athletic Association
- College World Series (Division I): Wichita State University defeated the University of Texas at Austin in the finals, 5 - 3 (Details)
- Division II Baseball Championship: California State Polytechnic University, San Luis Obispo over the the University of New Haven, 9 - 5 in the finals
- Division III Baseball Championship: North Carolina Wesleyan College over the California State Stanislaus, 8 - 7 (13 inn.) in the finals
- NAIA College World Series: Lewis-Clark State College over the the University of Saint Francis Illinois, 5 - 2 in the finals
- Community College League of California: Cerritos College over the Sacramento City College in the finals
- Japan High School Baseball Federation
- National High School Baseball Invitational Tournament: Higashikuni High School (Aichi) defeat Uenomiya High School (Osaka), 3 - 2 in the championship (Details)
- National High School Baseball Championship: Teikyo High School (East Tokyo) defeat Sendai Ikuei High School (Miyagi), 2 - 0 in the championship (Details)
- Little League
- Little League World Series: National (Trumbull, CT) defeat Kang-tu (Kaohsiung, Taiwan), 5 - 2 in the championship (Details)
[edit] International competitions
- Intercontinental Cup in Puerto Rico (Details)
- Cuba (Gold); Japan (Silver); Puerto Rico (Bronze)
- World Junior Championship in Trois-Rivières , Québec, Canada (Details)
- United States (Gold); Cuba (Silver); Australia (Bronze)
- World Youth Championship in Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan (Details)
- Japan (Gold); Chinese Taipei (Silver); China (Bronze)
- Asian Championship in Seoul, South Korea (Details)
- Chinese Taipei, Japan, South Korea (Gold-tied)
- European Championship in Paris, France (Details)
- Italy (Gold); The Netherlands (Silver); Spain (Bronze)
[edit] Events
[edit] Culture
[edit] Literature
- The Dickson Baseball Dictionary, by Paul Dickson
- The Heart of the Order, by Thomas Boswell
- Joy in Mudville, by Gordon McAlpine
- On a Clear Day, They Could See Seventh Place, by George Robinson and Charles Salzberg
- Remembrances of Swings Past, by Ron Luciano
- Summer of '49, by David Halberstam
- Total Baseball, by John Thorn and Pete Palmer
- You Gotta Have Wa, by Robert Whiting
[edit] Song
- "Where's That Hit?", by the Hoodoo Gurus
[edit] Film
[edit] Births
- Further information: Births in 1989
[edit] Deaths
- Further information: Deaths in 1989
