1989 Major League Baseball All-Star Game

1989 American baseball competition November 2013 1989 Major League Baseball All-Star Game logo.png 1989 National League 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 9 1 American League 2 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 X 5 12 0 July 11, 1989 Anaheim Stadium Anaheim, California Tommy Lasorda LA Tony La Russa OAK Bo Jackson KC NBC Vin Scully, Tom Seaver and Ronald Reagan (first inning only) CBS Brent Musburger, Jerry Coleman and Johnny Bench 64,036 Jimmie Reese The 1989 Major League Baseball All-Star Game was the 60th playing of the midsummer classic between the all-stars of the American League (AL) and National League (NL), the two leagues comprising Major League Baseball. The game was held on July 11, 1989, at Anaheim Stadium in Anaheim, California, the home of the California Angels of the American League. The game is noted for being the first in All-Star Game history to include the designated hitter. The game resulted in the American League defeating the National League 5–3. The game is remembered for Bo Jackson's monstrous lead-off home run to center field. Jackson was named the game's MVP. The game also featured former U.S. President and former baseball announcer Ronald Reagan sharing the NBC broadcast booth with Vin Scully for the first inning. The pregame ceremonies featured Disney characters joining this year's players in sprinting onto the field for the introduction of the starting lineups. Mike Schmidt of the Philadelphia Phillies, who had retired on May 29, was still elected by the fans as the starting third baseman for the NL All-Star team. Schmidt decided not to play, but he did participate in the game's opening ceremony in uniform. Oakland Athletics slugger Jose Canseco, the reigning American League Most Valuable Player was voted by the fans as one of the starting outfielders despite not playing a single game on the first half of the season due to injury. His place in the roster was taken by Ruben Sierra. Doc Severinsen later led The Tonight Show Band in the playing of the Canadian and U.S. national anthems. Severinsen and The Tonight Show Band's performance of the U.S. National Anthem was the last non-vocal performance of the Anthem at the All-Star Game to date. The ceremonial first pitch was thrown by longtime Angels coach Jimmie Reese. This was the second All-Star Game to be played in Anaheim, which last hosted the Midsummer Classic in 1967. It would return to the by-now renovated and renamed Angel Stadium of Anaheim in 2010. Rosters Players in italics have since been inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame. National League StartersPositionPlayerTeamAll-Star GamesPRick ReuschelGiants3CBenito SantiagoPadres11BWill ClarkGiants22BRyne SandbergCubs63BHoward JohnsonMets1SSOzzie SmithCardinals9OFEric DavisReds2OFTony GwynnPadres5OFKevin MitchellGiants1DHPedro GuerreroCardinals5 PitchersPositionPlayerTeamAll-Star GamesPTim BurkeExpos1PMark DavisPadres2PJohn FrancoReds3POrel HershiserDodgers3PJay HowellDodgers3PMike ScottPlayer declined or was unable to play.Astros3PJohn SmoltzBraves1PRick SutcliffeCubs3PMitch WilliamsCubs1 ReservesPositionPlayerTeamAll-Star GamesCTony PeñaCardinals5CMike SciosciaDodgers11BGlenn DavisAstros22BWillie RandolphDodgers63BBobby BonillaPirates23BMike SchmidtPhillies123BTim WallachExpos4SSBarry LarkinReds2OFVince ColemanCardinals2OFAndre DawsonCubs6OFVon HayesPhillies1OFDarryl StrawberryMets6 American League StartersPositionPlayerTeamAll-Star GamesPDave StewartAthletics1CTerry SteinbachAthletics21BMark McGwireAthletics32BJulio FrancoRangers13BWade BoggsRed Sox5SSCal Ripken Jr.Orioles7OFBo JacksonRoyals1OFKirby PuckettTwins4OFRubén SierraRangers1DHHarold BainesWhite Sox4 PitchersPositionPlayerTeamAll-Star GamesPChuck FinleyAngels1PMark GubiczaRoyals2PMike HennemanTigers1PDoug JonesIndians2PMike MooreAthletics1PDan PlesacBrewers3PJeff RussellRangers2PNolan RyanRangers8PGreg SwindellIndians1 ReservesPositionPlayerTeamAll-Star GamesCMickey TettletonOrioles11BDon MattinglyYankees62BSteve SaxYankees43BGary GaettiTwins23BKelly GruberBlue Jays1SSTony FernándezBlue Jays3OFJosé CansecoAthletics3OFMike GreenwellRed Sox2OFDevon WhiteAngels1DHJeffrey LeonardMariners2 Game Coaching staff Description NL AL Managers Tommy Lasorda Tony La Russa Coaches Jack McKeon Joe Morgan Coaches Buck Rodgers Doug Rader Honorary Captains Don Drysdale Carl Yastrzemski Umpires Home Plate Jim Evans (AL) First Base Bob Engel (NL) Second Base Terry Cooney (AL) Third Base Jerry Crawford (NL) Left Field John Hirschbeck(AL) Right Field Gerry Davis (NL) Starting lineups National LeagueAmerican LeagueOrderPlayerTeamPositionOrderPlayerTeamPosition1Ozzie SmithCardinalsSS1Bo JacksonRoyalsLF2Tony GwynnPadresRF2Wade BoggsRed Sox3B3Will ClarkGiants1B3Kirby PuckettTwinsCF4Kevin MitchellGiantsLF4Harold BainesWhite SoxDH5Eric DavisRedsCF5Julio FrancoRangers2B6Howard JohnsonMets3B6Cal Ripken Jr.OriolesSS7Pedro GuerreroCardinalsDH7Rubén SierraRangersRF8Ryne SandbergCubs2B8Mark McGwireAthletics1B9Benito SantiagoPadresC9Terry SteinbachAthleticsC Rick ReuschelGiantsP Dave StewartAthleticsP Game summary Tuesday, July 11, 1989 5:35pm (PT) Anaheim Stadium in Anaheim, California National League NL 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 9 1 American League AL 2 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 - 5 12 0 Nolan Ryan (1-0) John Smoltz (0-1) Doug Jones (1) Wade Boggs (1), Bo Jackson (1) yes The NL got off to a fast start off Dave Stewart in the first on RBI singles by Kevin Mitchell and Howard Johnson. The AL would counter in spectacular fashion in their half when game MVP Bo Jackson golfed the second pitch by Rick Reuschel, a low sinker, out in deep center. Wade Boggs followed with a homer to tie it. The AL took the lead the very next inning when Jackson beat out a double play grounder, scoring Rubén Sierra. Jackson then stole second and joined Willie Mays in the second 1960 All-Star Game (from 1959 to 1962, two All-Star Games were played) as the only players to have a home run and a stolen base in the same All-Star game. The AL expanded their lead to 5–2 in the third on RBI singles by Harold Baines and Sierra. The NL would get no closer than a run in the eighth when Von Hayes singled home Glenn Davis. 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