Top 6 Most Shocking MLB Events of All-Time: The Games - #1 1989 World Series Game 3

Lists.  That's a great thing about sports; about baseball.  You can come up with Top 10 lists about anything, from Top 10 pitchers of all-time to the Top 10 hitters of all-time to the Top 10 Yankees teams of all-time.  There are lists about Hispanic players, the hotness of players' wives; lists of brothers who've played the game and lists of top baseball blogs (thanks for keeping me in your Top 10).  So, in order to stay cool and hip and with-it, here's a list of the Top 6 Most Shocking MLB Events of All-Time: The Games.  Why just The Games?  Because I like the idea of Shocking MLB events.  Expect another shocker list in your very near future.

We start today with the #1 Most Shocking Event: The Games, but you should treat the list like a jigsaw puzzle.  If you're from Chicago, make the Bartman game (currently #2) #1.  If you're from New York, make the Jeffrey Maier game (#3) or 1986 Game 6 (#6) your #1.  The great thing about a list is it can be criticized, torn apart and added to over and over again.  

So, in no particular order, here is the first of Jimmy Scott's Top 6 Most Shocking MLB Events of All-Time: The Games:

1.  1989 World Series Game 1

Pre-game, Game 3, San Francisco, 1989 World Series.  The Oakland A's were up two games to none.  Then, the ground shook.

The Bay Bridge collapsed.  More than 2000 buildings were toppled.  63 people were killed and 3,757 were injured.  Game 3, scheduled for October 17th, wouldn't be played for 10 days.  The A's would sweep, the first World Series sweep since 1976.

Other than the natural disaster, this was not one of baseball's most interesting Fall Classics.  Sweeps are never as fun to experience as a 7-game series (think 1991 Twins/Braves), unless your team is doing the sweeping.  It's unfortunate for both the sweeping Athletics and swept Giants that this World Series is best known for what took place off the field.