Loma Prieta
20 years ago today. Has it really been so long? As I start this note, the clock reads 7:43pm EDT. In about 20 minutes it'll be the exact time. Me? I was in Section 9, Row 10. The ticket stub says so. Overlooking the Marina, Tuesday afternoon, October 17, 1989 During the summer of 1989, I began to realize that the best two teams in major league baseball were the two in the Bay Area, and that there was a good chance of a Bay Area World Series. When the Giants offered up guaranteed post-season tickets to anyone who committed to buy a 20-game season ticket plan for the following year, I took it. Sure enough, the Giants won the division, and then the National League playoffs -- though I had to miss the final two games as they were both played on Yom Kippur. The Oakland A's won the American League playoffs, so the Bay Area series was set. And I had tickets to the first home game. Before the shaking. October 17. The most perfect Bay Area day... ever. My...