Hey, the MPBot is paying off dividends! Look at this one it found. It’s a 1989 Mets-Gaiants game and…
Beyond that, Vin Scully and Tom Seaver are calling the game as part of NBC’s Game of the Week (yes, kids, NBC used to broadcast Major League Baseball games) and after Brett Butler has a longish at bat that ends with an opposite field leadoff single, Robby Thompson comes to bat, and they have the following exchange that’s pure Scully and pure Seaver:
Seaver: “You know, Butler at first base… seven stolen bases, been thrown out six times, and against left-handers, when he’s been running, he’s 0-for-4.
Source: Make today a doubleheader by watching this Giants-Mets game from 1989 – McCovey Chronicles
Here’s your 1989 lineup. Looks pretty good!
And the Giants had someone named Kevin Mitchell, an impressive player they must have developed through their farm system. I hope he isn’t a bad influence on younger players.
Click through the link to watch the game before MLBAM takes it down in advance of their upcoming 1989 Random Games Blu-Ray boxed set.
