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Crafting the Call: Revisiting the 1989 playoffs that shook the Bay yet bound it together

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Sue Shawn Says
Oct 17, 2025
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Where were you at exactly 5:04 pm Pacific Time on October 17, 1989?

If you know why this exact date and time matters, then you know EXACTLY where you were.

I was home alone, sitting on the couch, and like about 20 million other people, getting ready to watch Game Three of the 1989 World Series when the 6.9-magnitude Loma Prieta earthquake struck Northern …

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