1989 World Series Quake Broadcast with Al Michael's

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13 жыл бұрын

Watch this Clip of a the first US Broadcast to Capture an Earthquake's initial Jolt. The "World Series Quake" happened on Oct. 17, 1989 at 5:04 PM PST in the bay area during the warm up of the 3rd game of the World Series at Candlestick Park, where the Oakland A's swept the San Fransico Giants in a 4 game series.

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@brianhoule3219 5 жыл бұрын

I remember sitting down with dad to watch this game , and this is exactly what happened !! Miss You Dad , Love You !!

@AGK34RULES 3 жыл бұрын

I feel sorry for your loss

@justingentry9734 3 жыл бұрын

Same here. Rip daddy

@caguilar51505 3 жыл бұрын

Same here, I just told someone this and came to look for the video

@Lebronisthegoat3 3 жыл бұрын

I don’t like comments but I’ll like this cuz ur father passed and give you a sub

@carmenwesseling3506 2 жыл бұрын

I turned 1 that day and apparently my dad had just crossed the bridge before it collapsed. Crazy.

@toddu4067 Жыл бұрын

Al Michaels is so legendary he still manages to shout out reality before it goes out

@durielroberts1673 Жыл бұрын

Al Michaels won a Emmy for this

@SallieGeee 2 жыл бұрын

I was leaving the parking garage at work that day in downtown San Jose when it hit. At first I thought my car was getting ready to die because it was shaking so badly, then realized what it was when I saw people stumbling around. And then the electricity went out. We were all in line for a while until they finally raised the bar and let us out. The aftershocks continued all evening long. Quite a memorable day.

@DaveMorgansMartian 7 ай бұрын

Al Michaels has been a part of so many legendary sports moments that I actually forgot he was broadcasting live when this happened.

@gemmychris 4 жыл бұрын

“I’ll tell you what, we’re having an earth-“ - Al Michaels

@bradyrhodess 3 жыл бұрын

Chris *tim mccarver

@KangaKucha 3 жыл бұрын

An Earthquake

@asher2102 2 жыл бұрын

@@bradyrhodess nah that was an Al

@tbarnett984 Жыл бұрын

@@KangaKucha Didn't get "quake"....

@Shootskas 4 жыл бұрын

My buddy was at this game. He said the fans were singing "We will rock you!" after the quake.

@longbeachmaumba7059 3 жыл бұрын

Oh wow 😄

@williammunson2508 2 жыл бұрын

Ha! How fitting.

@tomdyson935 Жыл бұрын

Ask him to show you a ticket. I've still got mine and I don't remember any of that bullshit. There was no singing after the quake the police went around with a loudspeaker and told everyone to leave and go home.

@Shootskas Жыл бұрын

@@tomdyson935 Probably because you left early.

@Clay_Bentonite Жыл бұрын

Actually I was there and they were singing. Will the real slim shady please stand up

@marcuzgaming9012 4 жыл бұрын

1980's and 1990's reporters are just Professional and Tough.

@nosredna2 10 жыл бұрын

I could see Candlestick from my yard in Brisbane, which was rocking like crazy. My family and I rode the quake out under the kitchen table. I truly thought that was going to be my last day on earth.

@conniemccarty675 2 жыл бұрын

I remember being in San Fransisco sitting in my hotel room watching this game when the earthquake hit! I had to run downstairs and get out of the building only to see devastation all around. So scary!

@fresnopc9949 10 жыл бұрын

i was 2 hours away and i remember feeling the intensity of this quake.

@miketype1each 2 жыл бұрын

That guy was out at second. Anyway, I was watching the game while at college in Pittsburgh, PA when this happened. It was one of those "I remember where I was, when..." moments.

@Pitt-ny8cj 2 жыл бұрын

Still brings chills

@derickbowman8023 9 жыл бұрын

My grandmother took her first ever airplane trip that same day and it was to none other than California (to that same area!!!) to visit relatives. She said the plane just circled around in the air until they got clearance to land, and they could see the smoke and fire and devastation from the air!!

@jonmacdonald5345 5 жыл бұрын

Derick Bowman Fuck Yeah! Granny had a front row seat!!

@pjbfny 4 жыл бұрын

that must have been terrifying

@kevinbriner3811 3 жыл бұрын

That would be terrible, but she was in the safest place you could be in that moment.

@jeffmunger 2 жыл бұрын

Wow!

@starsalign9336 Жыл бұрын

@ Kevin Briner yeah at least she wasn’t on the ground yet and in her hotel or out and about somewhere

@zerocool1344 2 жыл бұрын

Love how he doesn't break character, I tell you what...

@josh-rz3uq 8 ай бұрын

He's not playing a character, assfuck.

@Fishie_Bug 4 жыл бұрын

I was 9 years old when this happened, living in SoCal. I vaguely remember my brother being upset about the interruption until we found out that it was an earthquake that knocked it off the air.

@paulingersoll65 9 жыл бұрын

I remember watching from Poughkeepsie, NY, after relocating from Berkeley. A lifelong Giants fan, I was looking forward to a home winner to get back in the series. When the green screen came on and was followed by pull-away shots of fires, smoldering freeways, and all the players on the field, stunned, it was clear something bad had happened. I couldn't reach my friends in the area for a few days. This upcoming 25th anniversary of it brings it all back so clearly...

@AlexM-mr8of Жыл бұрын

Al Michaels is a legend!

@OSANsAdventures 2 жыл бұрын

Wow this footage looks so old and blurry but my memory of it is still crystal clear despite being my being so young. It's funny how that works.

@Ser_Arthur_Dayne Ай бұрын

Same exact for me ... I was 8 years old, my Mom let me watch the start of the World Series (I was a Mets fan but still very interested in baseball...) as she cooked dinner and waited for my Dad to get home ... I can still remember being like MOM MOM MOM COME LOOK THEY'RE HAVING AN *EARTHQUAKE!!!* and her being like "What now?! What's all the commotion for??!" == "AN EARTHQUAKE!!! ON *TV* !!!" and yeah, right here on TV...

@tomdyson935 Жыл бұрын

I was going up the lower escalator to the game watching the upper escalator wave back and forth. Just as I got to the top a big cloud of dust came out of the stadium. A short while later via my Sony Watchman I turned on KRON and they had a helicopter up and were showing the collapsed section of the Bay Bridge. At that point we knew it was time to go home to San Jose by the time we reach the bridge by the Flintstone house we were concerned that maybe that had collapsed too since it was already dark, so we drove across it very slowly around 5 miles an hour on the shoulder.

@warrengore4563 4 жыл бұрын

I was in a treatment center in Nashville, TN. "Harbors of Brentwood". I had been asleep for about 5 days (after being sedated). When I woke up, they took me to a room with a TV. It was playing the World Series. No more than 5 minutes passed before it went off the air. Then, they put me back to sleep as to not disturb me (us). I woke up much later, Very SAD and CONFUSED. Warren.

@distemic 10 жыл бұрын

i remember watching this live. i had an uncle who lived in san francisco. and i yelled downstairs to my mom(his sister). finally heard from him after a couple of days

@5sideproductions 10 жыл бұрын

I was watching this live when this happend.

@mikeluvrs 3 жыл бұрын

me too

@pajamamar2011 4 жыл бұрын

30 yrs.ago today...unreal!

@kyokushinkuma 10 жыл бұрын

I lived 45 minutes away in Antioch, I can still remember the feeling.

@jamesleroy2784 9 жыл бұрын

I was taking a shit when this happnd

@westsideken 8 жыл бұрын

+Joseph Perez I was taking one BECAUSE it happened.

@chrissycat7883 6 жыл бұрын

12yrs old home alone. Dad n bros @ the game. Mom on her way frm wrk. 1 foot out of the shower. Heard it b4 I felt it in Gilroy 10mis east frm epicenter- Nisine Marks Park Aptos. Bathroom twisting. Street rolling. Sidewalk cracking. Everything broke. Still have PTSD.

@JustMe-gs9xi 4 жыл бұрын

wow,, Chrissy,,,, hugs my dear.

@larrythiel691 Жыл бұрын

I was watching live. It took me an exceptionally long time to accept that there wasn't going to be a Game 3!

@dianalee3059 Жыл бұрын

That must have been terrifying

@JohnnyTrulove 4 жыл бұрын

Was 3 yrs old. Watsonville Ca downtown destroye

@MrSouthphillyitalian 12 жыл бұрын

Al Michaels is the man

@clydechestnut656 4 жыл бұрын

Naw.

@Polymathically 4 ай бұрын

I lived in the Bay Area back then. I'd gotten home from school and turned on TV so I could watch the game while doing homework. I hid under our home office desk during the earthquake.

@geofflinder5266 Жыл бұрын

After the quake, the fans started to sing, "We Will Rock You."

@glenncunningham5855 9 жыл бұрын

Was living in Greenville, SC at the time. Was just leaving work (late) - driving to meet my wife and kids at a local restaurant for dinner. Turned on the radio to see if game 3 was starting. Heard the news about the quake. When we got home, the first news clip we saw showed the Bay Bridge. Couldn't believe it. For my last tour in the Marines, we lived on Treasure Island from '78 - '82 (had become an A's fan). I thought that bridge was bullet proof.

@marcuzgaming9012 4 жыл бұрын

The Announcers "Were having an Earthquake" and the Audiences say " Earthquake and Screaming"

@patformicola886 5 жыл бұрын

My wife felt that from Los Angeles when she was 8 years old.

@mikeeasterday9557 6 жыл бұрын

I remember my dog going crazy for about 5 minutes. Then all of a sudden I was knocked off my feet . I was living in Marysville, California at the time .

@iSdot722 4 жыл бұрын

Mike Easterday wow that’s crazy . Dog knew it was about to go down

@velianlodestone1249 3 жыл бұрын

@@iSdot722 it was already going down, dogs have way better sense than us so the dog felt the smaller waves announcing the earthquake. This is also why seismometers can "predict" earthquakes by a few minutes.

@Whtxombi 11 жыл бұрын

Earthquakes are extremely creepy. There is absolutely no warning and you shake for hours afterward. I lived in California until 86 and can vividly remember every one. Of course, none of them were this bad. I cant imagine what those people went through!

@mysterysunfurled 4 жыл бұрын

Bet you can't imagine what Chileans go through.

@antdude 4 жыл бұрын

Where do you live now?

@kascnef 10 жыл бұрын

Quakes and outages dont hurt this stadium but demolition will...rip candlestick 1971-2013

@mhowl4980 9 жыл бұрын

I was watching it! How ironic a World Series between these 2 teams of all teams has an earthquake!

@antdude 4 жыл бұрын

And in their home area.

@dtoskar 4 жыл бұрын

And in their state of origin.

@youseeit916 Жыл бұрын

@@dtoskar New Yorksylvania?

@allisoncorona8162 4 жыл бұрын

I live in Los Angeles and at a movie theater and I didn't feel anything. I first heard about it when I got home and it was all over TV. The next day the headline of the local news paper said exactly what was said at the time of the broadcast; "We're having an earth........"

@Shootskas 4 жыл бұрын

No shit you didn't feel anything in L.A.

@tommyparkerparker 7 жыл бұрын

I just got home from work at the time it happened on that day. I was 27 years ago today.

@dianalee3059 Жыл бұрын

I was living 300 miles East of San Francisco in Mammoth Lakes, High Sierras, and I was at a high school choir practice sitting on the piano bench when I felt a very gentle roll. A couple minutes later a student burst into the room with the news. I knew I had felt something

@pinkandblue92511 2 жыл бұрын

I remember that day never been so scared in my life

@tonygoodheart2442 7 ай бұрын

I remember me, Grandpa and Dad getting ready to watch Game 3 of the World Series! Mom was still in the Hospital recuperating from a virus. At First I thought it was Technical Difficulties but after a while It was 6.9 Earthquake in San Francisco, The Bay Bridge Collapsed, 2 Major Fires, And the Collapse of the 880 Freeway! Grandpa told me to say a prayer for the People! The Next Morning Dr. Poggi came in and told Mom he got in touch with his son who lives in San Francisco. Grandpa and I Prayed while eating Breakfast.

@camanimations9500 3 жыл бұрын

“THE A’S ARE ROCKINGGG THE BAYYY” -My Neighbor

@MG-bq1uk 2 жыл бұрын

Visited San Francisco for the first time as a teen in 1990. My mouth dropped when I saw collapsed overpasses knowing some people's lives were forever changed during that quake. I live where there are no earthquakes, tornadoes nor hurricanes. I'm not used to seeing natural disasters in person and the aftermath of it all. Movie: Miracle on I-880. Disturbing scenes when it's collapsing with people on it.

@Dave-nj4go 4 жыл бұрын

I was 11 years old at the time I was watching this game with my dad and I thought it was a transitional problem but when I heard about it was an earthquake I was shocked. Can’t believe it’s been 30 years today since this happen

@brooksiedoodle5087 6 ай бұрын

I was 11 as well, watching at my dad's house in SJ. I remember my brother sitting on the couch and it started bouncing off the floor. My 12 year old brother enjoyed the bumpy ride.

@AJBalmer 9 жыл бұрын

If only it had happened earlier on the shot of the whole stadium from the helicopter, would've looked insane

@almostfm 9 жыл бұрын

Actually, other than maybe seeing some dust come up, it would have looked very much the same.

@MasonsInquiries 7 жыл бұрын

I remember watchin' this. I was in the 8th grade. Scary stuff....

@EnterMarkSpend 4 жыл бұрын

Back in 1989 this was the first and the ONLY time I had ever watched live any part of a World Series. I have never watched one since and there has never been an earthquake during one since then. Maybe just a coincidence. But then again I'm not taking any chances...

@pjbfny 4 жыл бұрын

yes, please avoid watching sporting events, at least in EQ prone regions lol

@MrTruckerf Жыл бұрын

So you admit it was kind of your fault!

@stephen9302 4 ай бұрын

I was 11 years old watching this on the East Coast when this happened and it scared the 💩💩💩 out of me!!

@billmason2785 3 жыл бұрын

I was at Stinson beach and took me 10 hrs to get home to walnut creek.....No cell phone then.... Had to back off the bay bridge....I had radio on and no one said bridge was collapsed....CHP driving between cars advised we back up....... long day and my Giants eventually lost the Series

@tbarnett984 Жыл бұрын

Sorry buddy, A's were King!

@treynelson3967 3 жыл бұрын

Me too..,outside waiting for the game to come on, And waterpool crazy

@fragalot 2 ай бұрын

OMG the crowd going absolutely bonkers when the audio came back. I remember this earthquake lasting for what felt like FOR EVER, like about a minute+.. Remember just about the ENTIRE state of California felt the Loma Prieta earthquake, all the way down to Los Angels, and i think up into Oregon, and possibly east into Sierra Nevada. I defiantly felt it in the big San Joaquin valley, east of the SF bay area.

@leoh-xd7vi 6 жыл бұрын

my dad was actually watching this game at the time the quake happend

@IndyB25 12 жыл бұрын

Gotta say when that happened people on the east coast or where ever away from the west coast were scared shitless!

@frankroper282 4 жыл бұрын

2:11 "We're having an earth....."

@norbertoniebres1615 6 жыл бұрын

I saw this telecast on WLS-TV Channel 7 in Chicago, Illinois. Since the game took place in California, I figured that a very minor, teensy, tiny earthquake with a 3.0 on the Richter Scale took place. My thought was, how could a relatively minor earthquake cause an interruption to this telecast? Here in the Northern Illinois area, earthquakes happen relatively once every century or so. I lived here in Northern Illinois for nearly 3 decades and I have never experienced any earthquakes. Of course, snowstorms, thunderstorms, tornadoes and such happen on a regular basis here.

@dagreatone2761 5 жыл бұрын

I was 12 when I saw this in Chicago and became facinated with Earthquakes afterwards.

@kalamatajane 4 жыл бұрын

Start the video at 2:03 if you want to skip the sports talk.

@travisstorma 7 жыл бұрын

I remember hearing this on the radio when I got into the car with my dad.

@hawktriad 4 ай бұрын

Growing up this had been th World Series matchup I had waited for since I can remember. As a kid we had weekend season tickets to the Giants game...200 level under the cardenza. We had to move to Seattle in 1980 and I missed seeing my Giants play(interleague was not a thing back then) but I did get to see my Raiders once a year before Seattle switched to the NFC. I was in Albuquerque during this game, down 2-0 but NOT worried because we had 3 ganes at home...after the Earthquake and when they finally resumed play, I honestly don't think anybody's hearts were in the game anymore over rebuilding the communities so the A's swept but nobody really cared. I was not heartbroken for losing the series but I was for all the devastation the quake brought. I miss Candlestick but life keeps moving forward.

@wolfgang548 6 жыл бұрын

I was watching the game exactly when it happened.

@sjvan2 10 жыл бұрын

i was on the tread mill at the gym in Phx Az.

@AmericanPride1234 8 ай бұрын

It happened on my 12th birthday. 10-9-23

@durn210 Жыл бұрын

Omg I remember this when I was 9. Only the background wasn't green, it was goldfish color! Who's with me!

@petepolites2923 5 жыл бұрын

ill always remember that

@SuperOmnicronsj44 11 жыл бұрын

YES! That would be legendary!!!

@jwsf941 11 жыл бұрын

Unless 49ers home games v. Carolina (Cam Newton) Nov 10th, Rams Dec 1st, or Seattle Dec 8th is flexed into primetime, or the 49ers are the #3 or #4 seed in the NFC, Al Michaels' last broadcast from that booth will take place Oct 6th at 5:30PM PT/8:30PM ET when the 49ers host Andrew Luck & Indianapolis

@sebastianlyon6432 Жыл бұрын

I was living on the East Coast at the time this happened. We were watching this game when the earthquake started then all of a sudden they broadcast an old episode of Roseanne and across the screen they were giving news about the earthquake.

@BrightAmbition 6 ай бұрын

I was a baby in a crib then so I had no idea what was going on. Just remember my crib shaking a lot and my babysitter getting me and hiding with me in a bathroom.

@1978MikeyP 11 жыл бұрын

I remember when this happened I was 11 at the time and it went to the green screen for a few seconds then all of a sudden Roseanne was on lol

@tommyparkerparker 4 жыл бұрын

30 years ago today.

@Dave-nj4go 5 жыл бұрын

I was in 7th grade when this happen.

@TheCubanxx 12 жыл бұрын

This is gonna be the 2012 world series, rematch of 1989 and the A's will win again! (;

@Blueeyedsoul1986 11 жыл бұрын

I was sleeping and was just 2 years old and didn't feel anything

@antdude 4 жыл бұрын

Do you remember anything from that age? :P

@jaydennehy6185 6 жыл бұрын

I only just found out about this must of been terrifying

@jdolaktv 12 жыл бұрын

Anyone else find it ironic that the quake happened when McCarver was talking?

@paulbooth2824 2 жыл бұрын

before any form of contact. NO clue if my Grandparents were ok. We really take communication for granted!

@landrykkb 11 жыл бұрын

I say to this day that this earthquake had forever changed the outcome of this World Series,even though Oakland had a firm grasp of it anyway with a 2-0 lead heading across the Bay.

@sludge4125 3 жыл бұрын

Wishful thinking.

@youseeit916 Жыл бұрын

The Giants were never winning that Series in any timeline unfortunately

@Anglynn74 9 жыл бұрын

I remember this though we chose not to watch the world series that night & watch Rescue 911 instead, they broke into the middle of the episode with breaking news....I never did finish watching the rest of that episode

@WatcherCatcher 11 жыл бұрын

It was dumb that MLB decided to continue the games when San Francisco was truly affected by the earthquake more than Oakland.

@lilsmokstickX8 11 жыл бұрын

an earthquake in san fransisco and oakland STILL won

@tbarnett984 Жыл бұрын

That's what's up!!!😁

@ohmzs 5 жыл бұрын

My mother was 15 when this happened she was playing outside with her brother because her dad who loved the giants wanted them to go outside so he could watch it then just a couple minutes after my mom and my uncle went outside the earthquake happened all the TVs were going crazy and my mom could see the basketball court she was playing on shake really hard and she ran inside with my uncle and screamed to her dad that there was an earthquake

@davidlafleche1142 5 жыл бұрын

If San Francisco and Oakland had NOT been in the World Series that year, the death toll would have been well over 100,000.

@davidlafleche1142 5 жыл бұрын

@@sharonmorine5407 Suppose Chicago and Toronto had been in the World Series that year? It would have been newsworthy (Cubs in it; Blue Jays as first foreign team in it); but California would have been business as usual. The traffic would have been the usual, with thousands of cars. Can you imagine how many cars would have been on the I-880 bridge, if that had been a normal day? As it was, San Francisco and Oakland were in the World Series. The entire state of California celebrated. Schools and businesses closed early that day, to give people time to get home and watch the game. As a result, traffic was far lighter than normal, and that's why the death toll was so low. By the grace of God, San Francisco and Oakland were in the World Series, and that fact alone saved hundreds of thousands of lives.

@xxshowstoppaxx1 11 жыл бұрын

woohoo! we won 2012 world champs!

@chrissycat7883 6 жыл бұрын

My dad, brothers, grandpa & an uncle were there. My brother pooped his pants.

@mysterysunfurled 4 жыл бұрын

Hammerschlägen M they said brother, not sister.

@joshuatrees797 5 жыл бұрын

The interruption occurs (finally) at 2:15.

@robertweeks7993 4 жыл бұрын

i was one and almost had a big ass book case fall on me.

@sharonmorine5407 Жыл бұрын

Robert Weeks , Glad you survived! 🍀

@dinodogstar Жыл бұрын

Is what sounds like the crowd screaming just that, or was it just everyone talking loudly that might audibly read like that? . I ask because I'm interested in gauging the crowd's reaction, if it was fear, horror, or just everyone speaking loudly? . . . I'm watching a tv show that's referencing the earthquake. "Quantum Leap".

@richboon1991 11 жыл бұрын

i came here expecting an earthquake to happen...

@gavinnielsen1674 10 жыл бұрын

Hey I'll tell you what we're having an earth... *TV goes static and then station goes into commercial mode*

@Tornado1994 9 жыл бұрын

I lived in Novato at the time which was 10 miles north. One minute later, the house shook.

@gavinnielsen1674 9 жыл бұрын

I can tell the damage was severe because parts of the highway collapsed violently due to the earthquake.

@almostfm 9 жыл бұрын

Remember that at the time, information couldn't get out nearly as quickly as it does today. At that moment, basically all the information ABC had was what Al and Timmy could see from the press box and report over the backup POTS line. They were using that break to figure out what exactly (if anything) they could do from the stadium. I've worked in broadcasting (at a local level) and you can figure out a lot in terms of emergency backup plans when you've got two or three minutes.

@sunlighttehstarlightandzet1714 8 жыл бұрын

+Gavin Nielsen (B00ie23), when they're trying to say that, someone said "I LIKE TRAINS".

@antdude 4 жыл бұрын

I wonder what its set up like today. I assume they learned a lot from that disaster.

@lutello3012 4 ай бұрын

What's the model # of that TV you're showing us?

@NBbowler 7 жыл бұрын

I wouldn't find out about this until my high school years while watching SportsCenter. I grew up in a geological dead zone (northern Illinois) and I was only 2 when this happened, so I wouldn't have cared about it anyway. It's really offsetting to see Al Michaels when he was so young lol

@superslim121 6 жыл бұрын

NBbowler this post is offsetting