Background
This was the fourth World Series played between two teams from California. The 1974 World Series saw the Oakland Athletics defeat the Los Angeles Dodgers; the 1988 series saw the Dodgers getting revenge by defeating the Athletics. In 1989 the San Francisco Giants were defeated by the Oakland Athletics. The managers of the two clubs, Mike Scioscia of the Angels and Dusty Baker of the Giants, were teammates on the Dodgers from 1980–1983, and won a World Series in 1981. This was the first World Series to feature opposing managers who had been teammates on a World Championship team as players.
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