25th Anniversary: The Day the Series Stopped...

[posty 2,296]

Twenty-five years ago today was the earthquake that rocked San Francisco...

 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1989_Loma_Prieta_earthquake

 

http://espn.go.com/30for30/film?page=thedaytheseriesstopped

[edjr 5,566]

I remember it well.

 

being 17 and a senior in high school, it did not affect me that much.

[Drizzay 646]

There is a video out there (i will try to find it) that shows a bunch of Police and Fire/Surveillance footage of the aftermath. Some crazy stuff that I had never seen before.

[Drizzay 646]

Here it is

 

[Drizzay 646]

And part two:

 

[posty 2,296]

Thanks Drizzay...

[Frank M 181]

I thought this was going to be about the end of MASH.

[posty 2,296]

I thought this was going to be about the end of MASH.

Really? That ended in 1983...

 

[Frank M 181]

Really? That ended in 1983...

 

 

No, posty, it was a joke.

 

HTH

[posty 2,296]

No, posty, it was a joke.

 

HTH

Pretty terrible one then... Making a joke when there was a loss of life?

[Frank M 181]

Pretty terrible one then... Making a joke when there was a loss of life?

 

Apparently the loss of life didn't make it into your title about the World Series stopping.

 

[patweisers44 697]

Apparently the loss of life didn't make it into your title about the World Series stopping.

 

it was all adults that died, no kids.....duh Frank

[BunnysBastatrds 1,917]

Damn this sh!t makes me feel old. I was shucking oysters at a restaurant a year removed from high school when that happend.

[cmh6476 755]

I was watching the game. And I would have been 13 and my parents likely wouldn't have given a rat's ass about a series between the Giants and A's (wasn't it?). But I remember the TV sort of cutting out and all the chaos that ensued.

[crackattack 513]

Damn this sh!t makes me feel old. I was shucking oysters at a restaurant a year removed from high school when that happend.

Cause you are old. Old focker. I was a junior in HS.

[crackattack 513]

Damn this sh!t makes me feel old. I was shucking oysters at a restaurant a year removed from high school when that happend.

Cause you are old. Old focker. I was a junior in HS.

[naomi 343]

I was a toddler but actually remember seeing people leaving Candlestick park on TV. My brothers were riding their bikes outside and they felt it.

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VwOuS0fbqVs

[naomi 343]

I was watching the game. And I would have been 13 and my parents likely wouldn't have given a rat's ass about a series between the Giants and A's (wasn't it?). But I remember the TV sort of cutting out and all the chaos that ensued.

 

Yeah...there was actually a lot less traffic on the bay bridge than there otherwise would have been because the "battle of the bay" was about to start.

[cmh6476 755]

I also remember watching live the Barry Bonds bare handed snag. Damn, I must have watched a lot of baseball as a little ######

[ZeroTolerance 582]

I also remember watching live the Barry Bonds bare handed snag. Damn, I must have watched a lot of baseball as a little ######

 

Not Barry. Kevin Mitchell.

 

[jerryskids 5,206]

I had just moved to Arizona out of college, and was a big A's fan (reference my story in the rimming thread). I was watching it when the earthquake hit, but the weird thing is that in my foggy brain, I was at my girlfriend's (now wife's house). Only she wasn't my girlfriend at the time, and she didn't own that house yet.

 

I know it wasn't my apartment, so now I need to reconstruct where I was when it happened.

[cmh6476 755]

really? I thought it was Barry vs Atl for some reason. That does make sense, the Cards would have been on more in my area back then.

[Bier Meister 1,514]

I remember it well. I was a sophomore at college in San Diego. Life long Giants fan. My roommate was also a big Giants fans despite growing up in the East Bay (typically A's territory). He and I made it up for a couple of games of the NLCS vs the Cubs. I could not break away, but he made it back up for the THE game. I was watching in our dorm. I knew instantly that is was a big quake and called home. I was pretty worried about family and friends. Luckily, I was able to get through to... my parents reported a scare but, no one was hurt and there was no visible damage to the house. I was not able to get back in touch with them for days after that initial contact. I had quite a few friends helping police and the fire department in the Marina.

 

That A's team was excellent, and I am still surprised that they were only able to get 1 with that squad. Bonds did not come over until 93.

[SUXBNME 1,335]

Here it is

 

 

And part two:

 

Is Giantsfan in either of those?