 Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Muna 1990 National League Championship Series, Reds yakatarisana nePittsburgh Pirates mumutambo wakanakisisa-wemitambo minomwe. Mumutambo wokutanga, maneja Lou Piniella akaisa Bates mumutambo semumhanyi wepinch waRon Oester pabhesi rekutanga pazasi pechisere inning neReds ichirasikirwa, 43. Eric Davis, wechipiri, akaedza kuba wechitatu, uye Bates akatevera wechipiri; apo Davis akanga akachengeteka, Pirates anobata Mike LaValliere akakandira Bates kunze kwemamita matatu. VaReds vakakundikana kuwana zvibodzwa muchikamu ichocho uye vakarasikirwa nomutambo wacho. Bates anotevera postseason kuoneka kwakauya muMutambo 3, paakabata Joe Oliver uye akarova run sezvo Reds yakakunda 63. Cincinnati pakupedzisira yakakunda maPirates uye yakaenda kuWorld Series, kwavaizotamba neOakland Athletics nokuda kwemakwikwi eligi. 