From 1983 – 1989 , Buck teamed with Sparky Anderson , Bill White , and Johnny Bench for World Series radio broadcasts on CBS . Buck , along with CBS Radio colleagues Johnny Bench and John Rooney , was on hand at San Francisco 's Candlestick Park on October 17 , 1989 , when the Loma Prieta earthquake hit . After the 6.9 magnitude quake rocked the Bay Area , Buck told the listening audience : He is most famous for his coast-to-coast radio call of Kirk Gibson 's game-winning home run in the bottom of the 9th inning of Game 1 of the 1988 World Series and his disbelief at Gibson knocking it out while hobbled by injuries to his right hamstring and left knee . His call of the play is so famous that it 's sometimes played over the television footage of the play . The television call was handled by long-time Dodgers announcer Vin Scully on NBC
Loma Prieta earthquake
1989 Loma Prieta earthquake
Jack Buck