man ' s ▁Park . ▁ ▁The ▁ 1 9 8 9 ▁World ▁Series , ▁sometimes ▁called ▁the ▁" B ay ▁Bridge ▁Series " ▁or ▁the ▁" B ART ▁Series " ▁( after ▁the ▁connecting ▁trans it ▁line ), ▁featured ▁the ▁Oak land ▁Athletics ▁and ▁the ▁San ▁Francisco ▁Gi ants , ▁teams ▁that ▁play ▁just ▁across ▁San ▁Francisco ▁Bay ▁from ▁each ▁other . ▁The ▁series ▁is ▁most ▁remembered ▁for ▁the ▁major ▁earth qu ake ▁that ▁struck ▁the ▁San ▁Francisco ▁Bay ▁Area ▁just ▁before ▁game ▁ 3 ▁was ▁scheduled ▁to ▁begin . ▁The ▁qu ake ▁caused ▁significant ▁damage ▁to ▁both ▁communities ▁and ▁sever ed ▁the ▁Bay ▁Bridge ▁that ▁connect s ▁them , ▁forcing ▁the ▁post pon ement ▁of ▁the ▁series . ▁Play ▁res umed ▁ten ▁days ▁later , ▁and ▁the ▁A ' s ▁swe pt ▁the ▁Gi ants ▁in ▁four ▁games . ▁( The ▁earth qu ake ▁dis ruption ▁of ▁the ▁Series ▁almost ▁completely ▁over shadow ed ▁the ▁fact ▁that ▁the ▁ 1 9 8 9 ▁Series ▁represented ▁a ▁res umption ▁after ▁many ▁dec ades ▁of ▁the ▁October ▁rival ry ▁between ▁the ▁Gi ants ▁and ▁the ▁A ' s ▁d ating ▁back ▁to ▁the ▁early ▁years ▁of ▁the ▁ 2 0 th ▁Century , ▁when ▁the ▁then - New ▁York ▁Gi ants ▁had ▁defeated ▁the ▁then - Ph il adel phia ▁Athletics ▁in ▁ 1 9 0 5 , ▁and ▁had ▁lost ▁to ▁them ▁in ▁ 1 9 1 1 ▁and ▁again ▁in ▁ 1 9 1 3 .) ▁ ▁The ▁Gi ants ▁are