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All-Time Tennis: Mallorca
The grass-court stop in Mallorca, Spain, resulted in a couple of first-time winners. The men’s tournament was upside down, as the underdogs won all four quarterfinals and both semifinals. The end result was that Goran Ivanisevic — who hadn’t yet…
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All-Time Tennis: Hertogenbosch
Ivan Lendl became the third men’s player to win four tournaments, while Jennifer Capriati became a surprising two-time winner on the women’s side at the grass-court stop in Hertogenbosch, Netherlands. Lendl had to come from a set down to best…
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All-Time Tennis: Bad Homburg
Pete Sampras hadn’t done much since winning the Australian Open, but finally broke through for his second victory in Bad Homburg, Germany. It helped that Novak Djokovic and Roger Federer were upset in the quarterfinals. Martina Navratilova earned her third…
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All-Time Tennis: Berlin
Rafael Nadal followed up his French Open victory with a victory in the first grass tournament of the season in Berlin. It’s his fourth win in his last five tournaments, tying Jimmy Connors for the most so far. Connors was…
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7/31-8/3/1989 Chicago at Oakland
After winning three of four against the White Sox, the A’s have moved 20 games over .500 on the season. Were it not for a ninth-inning meltdown in the opener, Oakland could have pulled off the sweep and gotten back…
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1989 Oakland Athletics July Recap
The A’s had a good July, going 17-9 in the replay. They went 16-10 in real life, so over the course of the month they picked up one game. After being as many as nine wins behind their 99-victory pace,…
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7/28-30/1989 Seattle at Oakland
The A’s missed a chance to earn a sweep and get back to matching their real-life win record when the bullpen blew another save and Seattle won the finale in extra innings. Two of the three games featured blown saves…
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7/24-26/1989 California at Oakland
As the season moved past the century mark, the A’s took two of three at home against the Angels to pick up a game in the standings. Both Oakland wins came via shutout as Dave Stewart and Mike Moore were…
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7/20-23/1989 Baltimore at Oakland
The A’s split a four-game series at home against the Orioles, which wasn’t a great result considering the real-life Oakland squad swept this series. One oddity saw Carney Lansford get knocked out of both games two and three with injuries.…
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