The 1989 Athletic Cards

The Bash Brothers. I'm pretty sure everyone took to forearm smashing by the time this team dominated baseball in 1989. They should have won the Kirk Gibson-Series in 1988 and the sweep by the Reds in 1990 was embarrassing. Fortunately, Canseco and McGwire did get their World Series moment in 1989.

Walt Weiss was the third straight Rookie-of-the-Year winner for the A's. The pitching staff was impressive (Dave Stewart and Bob Welch were tops). Eckersley was dominant out of the pen. Hard to imagine a better offensive team and with an above-average pitching staff, it was no surprise they went on to win it all.

The 1989 Fleer set was notorious for the Billy Ripken error. But, as usual, the A's have the only green borders in the set and that sets them apart. I've noticed some of them, though, have red borders. Maybe a little foreshadowing that the team would be seeing Red the next year.

Infield	Mark McGwire 1st Base	Tony Phillips 2nd Base	Walt Weiss Shortstop	Carney Lansford 3rd Base	Terry Steinbach Catcher
Outfield	Rickey Henderson Left Field	Dave Henderson Center Field	Jose Canseco Right Field	Dave Parker Designated Hitter
Starting Rotation	Dave Stewart	Bob Welch	Mike Moore	Storm Davis	Curt Young
Bullpen	Dennis Eckersley Closer	Todd Burns	Gene Nelson	Rick Honeycutt	Jim Corsi
Bench	Stan Javier Outfield	Mike Gallego Infield	Glenn Hubbard 2nd Base	Ron Hassey Catcher	Lance Blankenship Outfield

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