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1989 Montreal Expos
Manager: Buck Rodgers (81-81) Finished 4th in NL East
Attendance: 1,783,533 (10th of 12)
Ballpark: Big O
Scores: http://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/MON/1989-schedule-scores.shtml
Highlights: Convinced that the team is a true contender, who needs a veteran starter the Expos deal their top pitching prospect Randy Johnson to the Seattle Mariners for ace lefty Mark Langston. The trade works for a while and the Expos actually are in first as late as August but a final month collapse see the Expos fall to fourth place with a disappointing 81-81 record. Following the season Langston ends up signing a lucrative deal with California Angels leaving the Expos nothing to show for trading Randy Johnson, who would become one of the most dominant pitchers over the next decade.--( http://www.sportsecyclopedia.com)
May 25, 1989: Randy Johnson, Brian Holman, and Gene Harris were traded by the Expos to the Seattle Mariners for Mark Langston and a player to be named later. The Mariners completed the deal by sending Mike Campbell to the Expos on July 31
August 23, 1989: The Expos and Los Angeles Dodgers engage in a 22 inning marathon, the longest game in Expos history. It eventually ended when Rick Dempsey homered for the Dodgers in the top half of the 22nd innings off Dennis Martínez in a very rare relief performance. Rex Hudler was caught stealing second in the bottom half of the 22nd to end the game. The game would have ended earlier when an Expo scored from third on a sacrifice fly. The Dodgers' appeal, that the runner left the base too soon, was recognized by the third base umpire and the third out was recorded. The game also marked the first time that a mascot was ejected by an umpire. Youppi!, dressed in a nightgown and nightcap, pretended to go to sleep on top of the Dodgers dugout, former Montreal Royals reliever and then coach of the Dodgers Tommy Lasorda demanded that Youppi! be run from the game. In the end the game took over 6 hours to finish and ended close to 2:00 am.
August 15, 1989: San Francisco Giants pitcher Dave Dravecky pitched three no-hit innings, but in the fifth inning, he felt a tingling sensation in his arm. In the sixth inning he started off shaky, allowing a home run to the lead off batter and then hitting the second batter. Then, on his first pitch to Tim Raines, his humerus bone snapped, ending his career.
